I’m trying to get a sense as to how realistic/doable it would be to use OpenMRS over the Internet in Uganda. I am talking outside Kampala metro, possibly even in rural areas.
If I stated that
10 means: “easy, there’s always some 3G to rely on”.
0 means: “silly, just forget about it”.
How would you rate it on average? Or per province/district? Or could you point me to the reference telecom survey that I should rely on online perhaps?
Your input would be really helpful (and much appreciated) to give directions and feasibility to a possible new project.
Thanks @ssmusoke, this article with maps is exactly the kind of input I was after!
Sure the alternate option is on premise + sync, but that also requires Internet right? So even in that case there will be the $100 per month recurring cost.
That seems to suggest that a tier two connection would be enough for leveraging sync. If the tier one is MTN/Airtel at $100 per month, what would be the cost (roughly) of the tier two option (if any)?
Of course! We are just scouting around regarding some early interest around Bahmni. But we would love to keep things up with the large amount of work that’s been done already in Uganda. Thanks for suggesting this.
@mksd Good to hear this, with Support from a development partner, a four pronged HIV intervention strategy is being implemented at Uganda Prisons Service to link all HIV clients to HIV services; on admission to the prison ,during inter-prison transfers,during community re-integration after release.
Using an OpenMRS implementation , PrisonsEMR since 2015 (OpenMRS Platform 1.9 now using 2.0) , but customised to suit the uniqueness of Prisons Health facilities countrywide for linkage as they are transferred from one prison location to another .
The system linkage strategy provides an opportunity to track and link the clients all with a unique Prison Identifier back to care as they move from one Prison Health facility to another countrywide.
We have successfully deployed on a number of remote Prison Sites in rural Uganda , and they can easily be accessed over the Internet( with basic Internet connectivity as low as 3G now routing for zero rated on a dedicated network) .
Thanks for sharing this @oebecha. I had no idea such a project existed in Uganda!
Just to clarify, when you say
It looks like those are locally installed OpenMRS instances, and the users (so the prison staff) would access their OpenMRS instance over a LAN, correct? They don’t use it over the Internet?
Hi, thank for your question,i hope i got you right, but the Staff are actually able to access their facilities over the Internet, (VPN)one of our main objective is to be able to track clients to ensure continuation of care,control double counting etc in real time as they move from one prison location to another .
Its centrally installed, and accessed from any location , as long as u have the credentials as a certified user for security purpose