Hi everyone,
I’m new to OpenMRS and interested in learning more about it. Is AI integration officially planned for OpenMRS? If yes, which areas are being considered?
Any links or advice would be appreciated. Thank you!
Hi Sameera, welcome to the community! 
Yes, there is active AI work in OpenMRS. The most concrete evidence that i have also got a chance to see is Chart Search (ChartSearchAI), which is currently in development. Clinicians ask natural-language questions about a patient (e.g. “Allergies?” or “When was the last tetanus shot?”) and get answers with source citations back to the chart. Key design points from the project page:
Wiki: https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/projects/pages/373325839/Chart+Search+aka+ChartSearchAI
Code: GitHub - openmrs/openmrs-module-chartsearchai: AI-powered chart search module for OpenMRS · GitHub
Beyond that, I’m sure that the AI direction is still being shaped with the community.
A few more places to start:
AI and OpenMRS community kick-off discussion: 🤖 AI and OpenMRS: Community Kick-off Discussion . It lists early use cases such as converting paper forms into O3 forms, concept/terminology matching, summarising discharge instructions, and chart search.
Making OpenMRS easier for AI tools: Small project idea to make OpenMRS easier for AI tools . This is about giving LLMs concise context on the data model.
2026-01-29 AI meeting notes: https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/projects/pages/792363051/2026-01-29+AI+Meeting+Notes. They cover the technical direction, including the difficulty of the EAV model for AI and ideas for a flattened, AI-friendly patient record.
hope this helps.
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Thanks @sbuwule!
One thing I’d add here is that a lot of the AI-facing work needs a good foundation for accessing OpenMRS clinical data in a simpler and more predictable way.
That’s what we’re building with the Query Store module:
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@sbuwule @jayasanka Thank you, These resources and ideas are a big help.