• Introduction
• OpenMRS Around the World
• A Brief History
• Example: Amani Clinic
• Planning
• Is OpenMRS for You?
• Identifying Your Needs
• Transitioning to OpenMRS
• Getting Started
• Installation and Initial Setup
• OpenMRS Information Model
• Getting Around the User Interface
• Configuration
• Customizing OpenMRS with Plug-in Modules
• Managing Concepts and Metadata
• Sharing Concepts and Metadata
• Configuring Visits
• Collecting Data
• The Patient Dashboard In Depth
• Registering Patients
• Data Entry
• HTML Forms
• XForms
• Using Data
• Cohort Builder
• Reporting
• Patient Alerts and Flags
• Administering OpenMRS
• User Management and Access Control
• Maintenance
• Troubleshooting
• Getting Help from the OpenMRS Community
• Epilogue
• Leaving Amani Clinic
• About this Book
• Appendices
• Appendix A: Glossary
• Appendix B: Example HTML Form Source
• Appendix C: Document History

About this Book

This first edition of this book was created in October 2011 during the first Google Summer of Code Documentation Sprint. We are indebted to the Google Open Source Programs Office, the FLOSS Manuals foundation, and Aspiration for organizing this week-long event where four open source projects (OpenMRS, Sahana Eden, OpenStreetMap, and KDE) joined forces to share knowledge and create manuals for their user communities.

The authors for the first version were Rafal Korytkowski (Poland), Glen McCallum (Canada), Nóirín Plunkett (Ireland), Darius Jazayeri (United States), and Michael Downey (United States).

We received proofreading, structural advice, and editing assistance from Paul Biondich (United States), Hamish Fraser (United States), Allen Gunn (United States), Daniel Kayiwa (Uganda), Burke Mamlin (United States), Saptarshi Purkayastha (India), Janet Riley (United States), and Ben Wolfe (Kenya).

Photographs in this book are courtesy of James Arbaugh, Michael J. Downey, Frank Fries, Mathew Ssemakadde, and Stephanie Taylor. The original book cover was designed by Laleh Torabi.

We would also like to thank the countless people who have contributed to OpenMRS documentation over the past seven years, and the writing team of CivicCRM: A Comprehensive Guide, all of which served as inspiration and the basis for much of this book. The OpenMRS community thanks everyone who participated in making this book a reality. Thank you!