Is AI integration planned for OpenMRS?

Hi Sameera, welcome to the community! :waving_hand:

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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