Technologies
Jembi Health Systems utilises and contributes to a range of technologies. Some of the key areas we are investigating and working with (both as Jembi Health Systems and in collaboration with our partners) are:
- Medical Record Systems
- Pharmacy Systems
- Laboratory Systems
- Mobile Systems
- Human Resource Systems
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting
- Health Systems Architecture
- Standards and Technologies
Individual Based Systems
Jembi Health Systems has explored and used a few different systems focused on the storage and manipulation of data based around the individual. These systems can be grouped into the areas of:
- Medical Record Systems
- Pharmacy Systems
- Laboratory Systems
- Mobile Systems
- Human Resource Systems
Medical Record Systems
OpenMRS
OpenMRS (http://www.openmrs.org) is an open source Java based application which enables design of a customized medical records system with no programming knowledge (although medical and systems analysis knowledge is required). It is a common framework upon which medical informatics efforts in developing countries can be built. The system is based on a conceptual table structure which is not dependent on the actual types of medical information required to be collected or on particular data collection forms and so can be customized for different uses. (…read more)
RegaDB
RegaDB (http://regaweb.med.kuleuven.be/software/regadb) is an open source Java based application which enables viral data and analysis management environment used to store clinical data related to HIV treatment.
BART
BART (http://www.baobabhealth.org) is an open source ART (Anti Retroviral Treatment) system modeled on the OpenMRS datamodel and built using Ruby on Rails. BART is designed to be interacted with via a touch screen interface and run over a Power over ethernet network.
ezVida
ezVida (http://www.ezhis.com.br) is a software solution developed by a Brazilian-based company containing both patient care components and architectural components. It is modeled after the Brazilian Health Care System. As the system is component-based, and developed on a Java technology stack, the system is highly-configurable and can be developed to meet the needs of a solution.
eKapa
eKapa is a software solution developed in South African and used to manage HIV in Western Cape.
Pharmacy Systems
iDart
iDart (http://www.cell-life.org/dispense-idart) is an open source pharmacy application for managing the dispensing of ARV Drugs based on the Eclipse framework.
ePostRx
ePostRx (http://www.anshealth.com) is an alternative pharmacy solution that Jembi has identified and may implement to address needs of a pharmacy that are wider than the functionality that iDart is able to supply.
Laboratory Systems
OpenELIS
OpenELIS (http://openelis.shl.uiowa.edu/) is an open source Laboratory Information System implemented in Haiti and interfacing with elctronic medical records (EMR) systems via HL7. It is managed by I-TECH.
BIKA Labs
BIKA Labs (http://www.bikalabs.com) is a South African developed open source Laboratory Information System developed to be generic and to collect data from various disciplines such as water, wine and agricultural as well as health.
Mobile Systems
RapidSMS
RapidSMS (http://www.rapidsms.org/) is a free and Open Source framework for dynamic data collection, logistics coordination and communication, leveraging basic short message service (SMS) mobile phone technology.
Childcount+
ChildCount+ (http://www.childcount.org/) is an mHealth platform aimed at empowering communities to improve child survival and maternal health,which makes use of SMS text messages to facilitate and coordinate the activities of community based health care providers.
JavaROSA
JavaROSA (http://www.dimagi.com/javarosa/) is an Open Source platform for data collection on mobile devices, based on the X-Forms standard.
Human Resource Management
iHRIS
iHRIS (http://www.capacityplus.org/hris/suite/) is a human resources management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy.
Monitoring, Evaluation Reporting
DHIS
DHIS http://www.dhis2.org | http://www.hisp.org
Open Source tool designed to collect aggregate data. The system is configurable to be able to define the data to collect and interfaces via the SDMX-HD standard with other systems.
BIRT
BIRT (http://www.eclipse.org/birt) is an Open Source Reporting platform providing a very powerful rendering engine for reports (often matched to Crystal Reports).
Pentaho
Pentaho (http://www.pentaho.com) is an Open Source Business Intelligence Suite of tools allowing for ETL, Reporting, Dashboards and Data mining and warehousing.
Jasper
Jasper (http://www.jaspersoft.com) is an Open Source reporting platform allowing for rich reporting with some additional Business Intelligence functionality.
Health Systems Architecture
Nuntium
Nuntium (http://instedd.org/technologies/nuntium/) is a set of services and clients that allow anyone to build SMS-based applications. It is managed by InSTEDD.
Mirth
Mirth (http://www.mirthcorp.com/) is an Open Source Messaging Service Application designed to allow for easy transmission and manipulation of HL7 Messages. It accepts multiple means of connecting to the service via web services, database calls,etc.
OpenDMMI
OpenDMMI (https://open-dm-mi.dev.java.net/) is an Open Source Master Patient Index providing capability to create any domain-specific master index through the matching, deduplication, merging, and cleansing of data from various data sources.
Apelon
Apelon Terminology Server (http://www.apelon.com/) is a system to better allow the mapping of medical data between different systems to ensure a common language.
BizTalk
BizTalk (http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/) is a proprietary enterprise service bus and orchestration engine.
OpenESB
OpenESB (http://openesb.dev.java.net/) is an Open Source Enterprise Service Bus platform used for designing and implementing the interaction and communication between mutually interacting software applications.
OCC Server
OCC Server (https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/OpenMRS+Concept+Cooperative+(OCC)) This is a WHO initiative to allow multiple implementations of OpenMRS to publish and share concepts/concept sets and definitions aiming to harmonize data.
ezVida
ezVida (http://www.ezvida.com.br/) is a software platform and development framework developed in Brazil allowing for the rapid development of Health Information Systems Solutions.
Standards & Technologies
HL7 (version 2 and 3)
HL7 (2 & 3) (http://www.hl7.org/) a messaging standard used in the transmission of patient level data.
HAPI is a Java based library allowing the easy creation and manipulation of HL7 messages.
SDMX-HD
SDMX-HD (http://www.sdmx-hd.org/ ) is a messaging standard used to transmit aggregate level data.
SDMX-HD library is a Java based library allowing the easy creation and manipulation of SDMX-HD messages.
ICD (9 & 10)
ICD (9 & 10) (http://www.who.int/classification/icd/ ) is a standard for classifying medical interactions, diagnosis and procedures.
SNOMED
SNOMED ((http://www.snomed.org/) (http://www.ihtsdo.org/ ) is a collection of classification of clinical terms.
LOINC
LOINC (http:www/loinc.org/ ) is a universal standard for identifying medical laboratory observations.
OpenEHR
OpenEHR (ISO 13686) (http:www.openehr.org/ ) is the Archetype model for storing and transmitting medical data.
OpenROSA
OpenROSA (http://openrosa.org/ ) is a platform aiming to define standards for mobile phone applications to allow them to interoperate and communicate.
