OpenMRS 1.3.0 Release Candidate 5 has been released. This is just a bug fix over the previously released RC4. See the the release notes for more information.

It can be downloaded from http://download.openmrs.org.

OpenMRS 1.3.0 Release Candidate 4 has been released. This is just a bug fix over the previously released RC3. See the the release notes for more information.

It can be downloaded from http://download.openmrs.org.

OpenMRS 1.3.0 Release Candidate 3 has been released. This is just a bug fix over the previously released RC2. See the the release notes for more information.

It can be downloaded from http://download.openmrs.org.

OpenMRS 1.3.0 Release Candidate 2 has been released. This candidate mainly consists of a cleanup to the underlying API. See the the release notes for more information.

It can be downloaded from http://download.openmrs.org.

OpenMRS Implementers Meeting - 17-20 June 2008 – Elangeni Hotel, Durban, South Africa.

On behalf of the OpenMRS community and our funders, the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Health Organization, the Fogarty International Centre, National Institutes of Health, USA, and the South African Medical Research Council we invite you to the OpenMRS Implementers Meeting from 17-20 June 2008 at the Elangeni Hotel, Durban, South Africa.  The Meeting will be held in association with the biannual Health Informatics in South Africa Conference (www.hisa.co.za) and the Open Source Healthcare Alliance (Africa Chapter).

Prospective attendees should complete the registration form on the HISA web site (http://hisa.airwave.co.za/?display=registration&heading=Registration).   Please enter the word `OpenMRS’ in the space reserved for the SAHIA Membership Number.

A satellite meeting devoted to open source mobile (PDA, Cell phone) health application development and mobile health data collection, hosted by the OpenROSA consortium, will be held on Monday 16 June 2008 at the same venue.  A limited number of places are available and prospective attendees should contact the organizer, Dr Chris Seebregts (chris.seebregts-at-mrc.ac.za) or the meeting administrator, Anthea van Blerk (anthea.van.blerk-at-mrc.ac.za), directly, providing details of the applicant, organization, contact details and reason for wanting to attend.

The Full Programme for both events is still being finalized.  However, an interim version is available on the conference web site and updates are published from time to time.  If you would like to present an existing OpenMRS implementation or a requirement at the meeting, please contact the organizer, Dr Chris Seebregts (chris.seebregts-at-mrc.ac.za).

The meeting will include many of the core developers of OpenMRS and representatives from the main implementation sites and is a great opportunity to share experiences of implementing OpenMRS and participate in the design of future applications of the technology.  The meeting will have significant technical content including a developer codefest and interoperability workshop that will include other open source health software.  There will be ample opportunity for existing implementers to advance their knowledge of OpenMRS and learn advanced techniques as well as for new implementers to get a jump start on implementing OpenMRS.

Key topics to be covered include:

• Implementation of OpenMRS and HIV patient and treatment management systems in African developing countries
• New technical developments including OpenMRS at the hospital and enterprise level, interoperability with other health information system applications and mobile data collection systems
• Design and development of mobile data collection applications using OpenMRS and open source form editors
• OpenMRS technology training (concept dictionary development, installation and deployment, forms development etc)

Who should attend

• Existing and new implementers of OpenMRS and electronic medical record systems
• Developers of health data collection applications
• Mangers of health facilities with a requirement for data collection
• Open source developers

A limited amount of funding is available to assist with the travel and accommodation costs of existing or prospective OpenMRS implementers from Africa or other developing countries who do not have institutional funding. Please send details of the applicant, organization, contact details and a motivation for why you want to attend this meeting including details of any existing or planned OpenMRS Implementation and e-mail to Anthea van Blerk (anthea.van.blerk@mrc.ac.za).

Contact details
Anthea van Blerk
E-mail: anthea.van.blerk-at-mrc.ac.za
Tel: 27 21 938 0851

Dr Chris Seebregts
E-mail : chris.seebregts-at-mrc.ac.za
Tel: 27 21 938 0318

Biomedical Informatics Research Division, e-Health Research and Innovation Platform, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

OpenMRS 1.3.0 Release Candidate 1 has been released. This release adds a number of new features and a few bug fixes. See the the release notes for more information. Before this is turned into an official release there will be some changes and clean up to the underlying API.

It can be downloaded from http://download.openmrs.org.

Several OpenMRS developers will be attending the MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara from April 14-17, 2008.

Ben and Justin will be manning an OpenMRS booth at the DotOrg Pavilion of the exhibition hall. For more information on the MySQL conference please check out the conference website (http://mysqlconf.com/). We’re excited to be sharing the DotOrg Pavilion with several other prominent open source projects (http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/content/exhibitors) and we’ll be attending some of the following sessions (http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/grid) to learn how we might use MySQL more effectively.

If you’re interested in attending, please check out the conference website. We have one extra session pass, so if you’d like to man the booth with us, please email justin@openmrs.org. Otherwise, we’d love to see any and all of you in Santa Clara.

OpenMRS 1.2.02 has been released. This release fixes a minor bug that was included in the 1.2.01 release. It can be downloaded from http://download.openmrs.org.

See the the release notes for more information.

OpenMRS 1.2.01 has been released. This version includes the ability to create a person from the relationship selection interface, grouping of observations within hierarchies, improved error output, enhance logging control within modules, and many other bug fixes.

See the release notes for more details.

We would like to thank all of the students who applied to OpenMRS for Google Summer of Code 2008. We got a terrific response with many excellent applications. The OpenMRS mentors will be reviewing these, prioritizing projects, and making some tough choices over the next week or two. According to the Google Summer of Code timeline, student project assignments will be announced on the Google Summer of Code homepage on 21 April.

Best of luck to all of our GSoC 2008 applicants!