Saving Lives
Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 November 2009 12:22 Written by Administrator Wednesday, 04 November 2009 12:13
eHMIS is currently being deployed in Tororo District Hospital in Eastern Uganda, sub-Saharan Africa
The eHMIS application is a free open source electronic Health Management Information System designed to improve on the quality of health information management and routine reporting in developing countries with the following vision and mission in mind.
The application is currently being piloted in Tororo District Hospital, in Uganda, sub-saharan Africa. eHMIS has an uplink to Routine Reporting, which enables the automated electronic compilation of health routine reports in a flexible manner. The application captures all patient information from encounter to discharge, with in-built billing and drug inventory management currently being developed. 
Use username: demo and password: demole.
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Features
We are putting this together. We are considering using the HL7 EHR standard to substantiate present / missing features.
Architecture
The eHMIS application uses a client-server architecture designed on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL) plattform to allow for management of patient information from encounter to discharge, with an uplink to a comprehensive reporting module
eHMIS - a free open source application specifically designed to save lives in developing countries through improved health information management and routine reporting. Click here to test the application online.
Mission
Develop and deploy eHMIS, a free open source application customized to address health information management needs in developing countries.
Vision
Lives in developing countries saved through the use of eHMIS in hospitals to improve on the quality of health information management.