Human factors for capacity building : lessons learned from the OpenMRS implementers network

This article presents an overview of the Open Medical Record System (OpenMRS), and how human factors have influenced its trajectory, membership and outcomes. It investigates ways to strengthen the OpenMRS community by developing capacity and implementing a network that focuses on the needs of implementers. OpenMRS is a configurable, open source electronic medical record application, developed and maintained jointly by the Regenstrief Institute (RI) at Indiana University and Partners in Health (PIH) in collaboration with a large group of open source developer volunteers from around the world