welcome What exactly did you find challenging and proposed solution
In all the years (which are few) that i have been following this list i have found out that people encounter challenges and do not specifically talk about them and this would be lessons learnt by other future implementers for instance , in your case was it cost, or expertise? looking forward to sharing with you Judy On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Tobin Greensweig <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear OpenMRS Implementers, > > My name is Tobin Greensweig and I am a medical student at the Medical > School for International Health in Be'er Sheva, Israel. I am somewhat > new to the OpenMRS community and wanted to introduce myself before > joining the Implementers Forum tomorrow. I've been spending a lot of > time reading the wiki and archives and am so impressed by the > remarkable work contributed by all. > > A bit about my background: Last summer (2010) I spent two months at > the Village Health Works clinic in Burundi and designed/implemented an > Access Database for EMR and pharmacy management. It's used in both > point of care settings and as a "backup" to paper charts that we > simultaneously implemented. Today it contains records for more than > 15,000 patients and has become an integral part of the clinical > operations and M&E. While constructing the database, I visited PIH > Rwinkwavu for feedback from the EMR team and to feel better about > committing what felt to be a treasonous act implementing a custom > solution when OpenMRS was available. After the visit (and great > education), I felt and still feel today that Access was the better > fit, mainly due to IT support constraints and the learning curve > involved with OpenMRS. That said, I think with some small tweaks and > additional resources, OpenMRS would likely have been a far superior > solution. > > As I did a year ago, I strongly believe in the OpenMRS model and think > that the exact same challenges which restricted implementing OpenMRS > in Burundi also exist many other places. I think that some simple > solutions could be easily incorporated into the community resources > and software to overcome these barriers. I am interested in > contributing to this effort with the hopes of making OpenMRS more > accessible for even the most basic, resource strapped clinics. I have > ideas ranging from expanded YouTube tutorials to more turn-key > software distributions....I'm very interested to hear what others are > working on! > > Looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow and perhaps in Kigali, > > Tobin > > ----- > Tobin Greensweig, MS-2 > Medical School for International Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev > > _________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list, send an e-mail to > [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-implement-l" in the > body (not the subject) of your e-mail. > > [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l] > -- Dr. Gichoya Judy Wawira,MD IUPUI school of informatics 1345 hine street 350 Indianapolis 46202 Indiana Tel: +1 317 701 6526 www.judygichoya.com Skype:judywawira Twitter: Judywawira _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-implement-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l]
