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In today's health informatics ecosystem, there is no standard way to
write an "App" that interacts with patient-level health data. Just as
OpenMRS allows extensibility through modules, every EMR provides its
own distinct extensibility interfaces. The result is a heterogeneous
landscape where it's very difficult to deploy a single app across
multiple systems.
The SMART Project provides a common API to
access patient records, fueling apps with rich, unambiguous data.
SMART is a 4-year, $15M project funded by the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology. SMART's goal is to
lower the barriers to creating apps for health, so that application
developers can focus on their own great ideas, not the minutia of
systems integration. Developers write a SMART app once and
deploy it on any compatible Electronic Medical Record or Personal
Health Record system.
The goal of this project is to create a module in OpenMRS that is a SMART Container. This container will
enable SMART apps to be installed in OpenMRS, with two major benefits: