Bahmni

Hospital system for low resource environments

Patient Care Administration Investigations

Out PatientIn PatientEmergencyOperationIntensive CarePharmacy

BillingInventoryProcurementHuman ResourcesAccounting

LaboratoryRadiologyPACS

RegistrationCase Management

Hospital Functions

Constraints

- Hospitals are busy and mobile environments

- Need ability to use few things offline

- Easy to operate

- Overall system is too large

Open Source Tapestry

OpenMRS (Medical Record System)

OpenERP

OpenELIS (Lab Information System)

OpenMRS Server(REST API)

Java

OpenMRS DB(MySQL)

Apache Web Server

OpenELIS Server(REST API)

Java

OpenELIS DB(PostgreSQL)

OpenERP Server(XML-WS API)

Python

OpenERP DB(PostgreSQL)

OpenMRS 2.0 EMR frontend

(JavaScript, HTML5, AngularJS)

HTTP, RESTATOM

HTTP, RESTATOM

Browser

Server(Linux)

User’s Machine

HTTP

HTTP

Some screenshots

Registration (OpenMRS)

Test Result Entry (OpenELIS)

Lab Incharge’s Dashboard (OpenELIS)

Billing (OpenERP)

Inventory and warehouse management (OpenERP)

Key solution elements

- Design for tablets and computers

- Responsive web design

- JavaScript based front end, allows offline

- AtomFeed based integration

- Coarse grained APIs

- Product configuration handled by OpenMRS/OpenERP. OpenELIS needs to be enhanced.

Bahmni modules UI design

- Responsive web design

- Touch screen (tablet) first mostly

- Registration module is data-entry intensive, hence designed for computers only

Technology Stack

OpenMRS

Java, Relational DB, Hibernate, Custom OSGi like module system, REST API

OpenERP

Python, CherryPy, Postgres

OpenELIS

Java, Struts, Postgres, Hibernate