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| developer              = Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
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| genre                  = [[Laboratory informatics]] software
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| license                = GNU General Public License v2.0
| license                = GNU General Public License v2.0
| website                = [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openmedis/ sourceforge.net/projects/openmedis]
| website                = [http://ehealthbox.org/openmedis/Homepage/ ehealthbox.org/openmedis]
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'''OpenMEDIS''' is free open-source health technology management software, specifically targeted at low- and middle-income countries. The software is still in the beta phase of development, and a stable release for rigorous use has not been released yet.
'''OpenMEDIS''' was a free open-source health technology management software, specifically targeted at low- and middle-income countries. The software was in the beta phase of development, and a stable release for rigorous use had not been released yet.


==Product history==
==Product history==


In roughly 2009, Claudio Zaugg and Martin Raab of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute had recognized "an urgent need for a simple and flexible IT tool" capable of tracking the "quantity and quality of the present medical device infrastructure" within a region.<ref name="MEDISPaper">{{cite journal |year=2009 |pages=1–4 |title=Improving Health Technology Management: Development of a Model for the Implementation of an Essential Information System for Medical Devices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |author=Zaugg, Claudio; Raab, Martin |publisher=Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |url=http://www.swisstph.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Pdfs/Ressources/Zaugg_Raab_paper_Med-e-Tel_2010_final_.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref>
In early 2009, Claudio Zaugg and Martin Raab of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute had recognized "an urgent need for a simple and flexible IT tool" capable of tracking the "quantity and quality of the present medical device infrastructure" within a region.<ref name="MEDISPaper">{{cite journal |year=2009 |pages=1–4 |title=Improving Health Technology Management: Development of a Model for the Implementation of an Essential Information System for Medical Devices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |author=Zaugg, Claudio; Raab, Martin |publisher=Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |url=http://www.swisstph.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Pdfs/Ressources/Zaugg_Raab_paper_Med-e-Tel_2010_final_.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref> Beta development has continued on the software since then, though the last released beta update is version 1.31 from January 26, 2012. It's not clear if work will continue on the project.
 
As of May 2021, no further work appears to have been done on the project, and it is presumed discontinued or abandoned.


==Features==
==Features==


Features of OpenMEDIS include<ref name="MEDISConf">{{cite web |url=http://www.medetel.lu/download/2010/parallel_sessions/presentation/day3/Improving_Health.pdf |format=PDF |title=Improving Health Technology Management: Development of a Model for the Implementation of an Essential Information System for Medical Devices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |author=Zaugg, Claudio |publisher=Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |date=16 April 2010 |accessdate=17 October 2012}}</ref>:
Features of OpenMEDIS included<ref name="MEDISConf">{{cite web |url=http://www.medetel.lu/download/2010/parallel_sessions/presentation/day3/Improving_Health.pdf |format=PDF |title=Improving Health Technology Management: Development of a Model for the Implementation of an Essential Information System for Medical Devices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |author=Zaugg, Claudio |publisher=Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |date=16 April 2010 |accessdate=17 October 2012}}</ref>:
 
* standard list of medical devices
* user-configurable essential equipment list
* predefined supplier and manufacturer list
* forms and guidelines for paper-based operation
* data import and export functionality
* web-based, LAN, or localized operation


==Hardware/software requirements==
==Hardware/software requirements==


 
Installation requirements were not clear.


==Videos, screenshots, and other media==
==Videos, screenshots, and other media==
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==External links==
==External links==


* [http://www.ohloh.net/p/openmedis OpenMEDIS on Ohloh]
* [https://www.openhub.net/p/openmedis OpenMEDIS on Open Hub] (deprecated)
* [http://code.google.com/p/openmedis/ OpenMEDIS on Google Project Hosting]
* [http://code.google.com/p/openmedis/ OpenMEDIS on Google Project Hosting]
OpenMedis can also be found on SourceForge.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Laboratory informatics software (open source)]]
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[[Category:Public health software (open source)]]

Latest revision as of 16:49, 6 May 2021

OpenMEDIS
Developer(s) Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Written in PHP, JavaScript
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in English, French, Romanian, Ukrainian
Type Laboratory informatics software
License(s) GNU General Public License v2.0
Website ehealthbox.org/openmedis

OpenMEDIS was a free open-source health technology management software, specifically targeted at low- and middle-income countries. The software was in the beta phase of development, and a stable release for rigorous use had not been released yet.

Product history

In early 2009, Claudio Zaugg and Martin Raab of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute had recognized "an urgent need for a simple and flexible IT tool" capable of tracking the "quantity and quality of the present medical device infrastructure" within a region.[1] Beta development has continued on the software since then, though the last released beta update is version 1.31 from January 26, 2012. It's not clear if work will continue on the project.

As of May 2021, no further work appears to have been done on the project, and it is presumed discontinued or abandoned.

Features

Features of OpenMEDIS included[2]:

  • standard list of medical devices
  • user-configurable essential equipment list
  • predefined supplier and manufacturer list
  • forms and guidelines for paper-based operation
  • data import and export functionality
  • web-based, LAN, or localized operation

Hardware/software requirements

Installation requirements were not clear.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Entities using OpenMEDIS

Further reading



External links

OpenMedis can also be found on SourceForge.

References