title: Cooking up an open source EMR for developing countries: OpenMRS - a recipe for successful collaboration.
abstract: Millions of people are continue to die each year from HIV/AIDS. The majority of infected persons (>95%) live in the developing world. A worthy response to this pandemic will require coordinated, scalable, and flexible information systems. We describe the OpenMRS system, an open source, collaborative effort that can serve as a foundation for EMR development in developing countries. We report our progress to date, lessons learned, and future directions.
authors.affiliation: Regenstrief Institute, USA.
authors.forename: Burke W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Mamlin
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Biondich
authors.forename: Ben A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: Hamish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Darius
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jazayeri
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Tierney
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003906:Developing Countries; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012984:Software