Patients Data bulk load in OpenMRS

[mksd (Dimitri R)]

Hi @shalineebatri, you might want to follow this thread:

Initializer to be extended to handle data (not just metadata)

@dsurrao pointed me to it. I’m interested in using it to migrate data from a preexisting EMR into OpenMRS. I’d use it to write CSV loaders for Patients, Encounters, etc. Then I’d export my existing data to CSV and massage it a little to meet the loader’s expectations. Does that seem like a reasonable way to use it? @mogoodrich has also mentioned that it might be worth looking into as a way to manage our metadata.

While Initializer was first intended to help load metadata into OpenMRS, work might start to expand it to also handle data (such as obs and patients). Perhaps would you be able to contribute?