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{{About|the international successor to the original OpenELIS software, OpenELIS Global|the original software, which is still actively developed|OpenELIS}}<br />
{{Infobox software
| name                  = OpenELIS Global
| title                  = OpenELIS Global
| logo                  = [[File:OpenELIS_logo.jpg|230px]]
| screenshot            = <!-- [[File: ]] -->
| caption                =
| collapsible            =
| author                = Casey Iiams-Hauser
| developer              = Digital Initiatives Group (DIGI) – University of Washington
| released              = {{Start date|2012|02|29}}<ref name="2.4Notes">{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/openelis-global-2-4-release-notes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130143717/https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/openelis-global-2-4-release-notes |title=OpenELIS Global 2.4 Release Notes |publisher=University of Washington I-TECH |date=29 February 2012 |archivedate=30 January 2021 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref>
| discontinued          =
| frequently updated    = yes<!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->
| programming language  = Java (Spring), JavaScript (React, Carbon Design System)
| operating system      = Cross-platform
| platform              =
| size                  =
| language              =
| status                =
| genre                  = [[Laboratory informatics]] software
| license                = Mozilla Public License 2.0
| website                = [https://openelis-global.org/ openelis-global.org]
}}


==32. System Validation and Commission==
'''OpenELIS Global''' is a free open-source [[laboratory information system]] (LIS) designed "to run national laboratory networks that serve millions of people,"<ref name="OpenELISGlobalAbout">{{cite web |url=https://openelis-global.org/about/ |title=Laboratory information, built for the public good |publisher=DIGI at the University of Washington |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref>, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The software is as an offshoot of the [[OpenELIS]] open-source software project, which received development contributions from the likes of the Minnesota State Public Health Laboratory and the University of Iowa. The larger international influence on OpenELIS of collaborators such as the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC), and the University of Washington's International Training and Education Center on HIV (I-TECH) later spread the OpenELIS technology (in the form of separate branches of the software) to other parts of the world, including Vietnam, Haiti, and Côte d'Ivoire.<ref name"OpenELISOldAboutArch">{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/about |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719065729/https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/about |title=About/Team  |publisher=ITECH at Washington University |archivedate=19 July 2019 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref> While OpenELIS continues on as a separate project run by the OpenELIS Foundation, it states that it "has limited involvement in development of global OpenELIS."<ref name="OpenELISOrgAbout">{{cite web |url=https://openelis.org/about-openelis/ |title=About OpenELIS |publisher=OpenELIS Foundation |date=2026 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref>
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  ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; padding-left:20px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"|
|-
  ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee; width:500px;"| Regulation, Specification, or Guidance
  ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee; width:700px;"| Requirement
|-
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-2-1]<br />[https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center CJIS Security Policy Appendix G.8]
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''32.1''' The vendor should be able to demonstrate the use of software development standards, secure coding practices, formal change control, and software revision control within its development practices. The vendor should also document its staff's skills and certifications.
|-
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-2-2]
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''32.2''' The vendor should be willing to provide access to source code through a suitable escrow.
|-
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-2-3]
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''32.3''' The system should be able to document a summary and evaluation of enterprise performance markers and processes.
|-
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-2-4]<br />[https://www.iso.org/standard/56115.html ISO 15189:2012 5.10.3]<br />[https://www.iso.org/standard/66912.html ISO/IEC 17025:2017 7.11.5]
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''32.4''' The system should be well documented by the vendor in comprehensive training material for all aspects of system use, including administration, operation, and troubleshooting.
|-
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/11.10 21 CFR Part 11.10 (a)]<br />
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/820.70 21 CFR Part 820.70 (i)]<br />
[https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/files/eudralex/vol-4/annex11_01-2011_en.pdf E.U. Annex 11-11]<br />
[https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=30006MXP.PDF EPA 815-R-05-004 Chap. IV, Sec. 8.6]<br />
[https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=30006MXP.PDF EPA 815-R-05-004 Chap. VI, Sec. 8.6]<br />
[https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/files/eudralex/vol-1/dir_2003_94/dir_2003_94_en.pdf E.U. Commission Directive 2003/94/EC Article 9.2]<br />
[https://www.iso.org/standard/56115.html ISO 15189:2012 5.10.3]<br />
[https://www.iso.org/standard/66912.html ISO/IEC 17025:2017 7.11.2]<br />
[http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/testing/oecdseriesonprinciplesofgoodlaboratorypracticeglpandcompliancemonitoring.htm OECD GLP Principles 4.1]
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''32.5''' The system shall be validated initially and periodically, with those validation activities being documented, to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of system performance and its electronic records.
|-
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-2-2]<br />[https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/files/eudralex/vol-4/annex11_01-2011_en.pdf E.U. Annex 11-4]
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''32.6''' The documentation associated with system validation shall discuss all applicable steps of the life cycle, justify applied methods and standards, and include change control records and observed deviations during validation, if applicable.
|-
|}
|}


==33. System Administration==
OpenELIS Global is recognized as a Digital Square Global Good and a verified Digital Public Good<ref name="DSGlobalGoods23">{{cite web |url=https://datafi.thepalladiumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2.-Global_Goods_Guidebook_Version_4.0_FINAL_forpublishing.pdf |format=PDF |title=The Global Goods Guidebook - An Overview of the Software Global Goods Ecosystem |publisher=Digital Square |page=48 |date=May 2023 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref><ref name="DPGAOpenELISArch">{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/openelis-global.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526130236/https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/openelis-global.html |title=OpenELIS Global |publisher=Digital Public Goods Alliance |date=2022 |archivedate=26 May 2023 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref>, and its Cote d'Ivoire implementation was evaluated in a 2024 peer-reviewed study in ''JMIR Public Health and Surveillance''.<ref name="HeLab24">{{cite journal |title=Laboratory Data Timeliness and Completeness Improves Following Implementation of an Electronic Laboratory Information System in Côte d’Ivoire: Quasi-Experimental Study on 21 Clinical Laboratories From 2014 to 2020 |author=He, Y.; Kouabenan, Y.-R.; Assoa, P.H; et al. |journal=JMIR Public Health and Surveillance |year=2024 |volume=10 |issue=e50407 |doi=10.2196/50407 |pmid=38506899}}</ref>
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==Product history==
{| class="wikitable collapsible" border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"
In 2012, the University of Washington I-TECH began hosting OpenELIS Global, an international version of the OpenELIS software. The intent of the developers—the International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) at Washington University—was to expand the functionality of OpenELIS to be more flexible while still "maintaining a common code base" among the the variation of feature requirements across different countries.<ref name"OpenELISOldAGlobalArch">{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/global-implementation |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130143701/https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/global-implementation |title=A Global LIS |publisher=ITECH at Washington University |archivedate=30 January 2021 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref> The first public open-source release of the software was with version 2.4 on February 29, 2012<ref name="2.4Notes" />, followed by a 2.5 release on March 30.<ref name="2.5Notes">{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/openelis-global-2-5-release-notes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130143717/https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/openelis-global-2-5-release-notes |title=OpenELIS Global 2.5 Release Notes |publisher=University of Washington I-TECH |date=30 March 2012 |archivedate=30 January 2021 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref> The incrementation was chosen not as a numerical order of release, but rather as an identifying string as "Version.Pl​annedRelea​se.Unplann​edRelease (build number)," with versions incrementing yearly.<ref name="2.5Notes" />
|-
 
  ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; padding-left:20px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"|
Since then, the software has received regular updates. Following the May 2019 release of version 9.1, work slowed slightly, apparently in favor of a planned rewrite of the code using Java Spring. In August 2019, I-TECH's Casey Iiams-Hauser (the OpenELIS Global project owner) put out a call for a software development team to tackle the transition to Java Spring and [[PostgreSQL]], with a target date of September 15, 2019.<ref name="Liams-HauserComeWork19">{{cite web |url=https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-work-on-openelis-global-with-i-tech-we-are-looking-for-tech-writers-ui-ux-designers-and-devs-an/24221 |title=Come work on OpenELIS Global with I-TECH! |work=OpenMRS Talk |author=Liams-Hauser, C. |date=05 August 2019 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref> The first release of the new version occurred in January 2020; the release notes stated: "This is a re-write of OpenELIS on modern frameworks and a significant security upgrade. At the end of this process, all tech will be currently supported and up to hardening standards. This software will be certified for use on US Government, and other high-security networks."<ref name="Liams-HauserOpenELISSoft22">{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0zMfoUXRBbr9JyjjMeWRt1dgi7EbOd3IZdP6NCulow/edit?pli=1#heading=h.71anhixmrzil |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328192537/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0zMfoUXRBbr9JyjjMeWRt1dgi7EbOd3IZdP6NCulow/edit?pli=1#heading=h.71anhixmrzil |title=OpenELIS Software Release Roadmap |author=Liams-Hauser, C. |date=March 2022 |archivedate=28 March 2022 |accessdate=30 July 2026}}</ref> Updates over the years have added support for [[COVID-19]] testing, the [[Health Level 7#Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)|FHIR API]], ASTM analyzer interfaces, data warehousing, and more.<ref name="Liams-HauserOpenELISSoft22" />
|-
 
  ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee; width:500px;"| Regulation, Specification, or Guidance
==Features==
  ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee; width:700px;"| Requirement
 
|-
Known features of OpenELIS Global include<ref name="2.4Notes" /><ref name="2.5Notes" /><ref name="Liams-HauserOpenELISSoft22" />:
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |
 
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/11.200 21 CFR Part 11.200 (a)]<br />
* sample entry
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/164.312 45 CFR Part 164.312]<br />
* results entry
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/170.315 45 CFR Part 170.315 (d-5)]<br />
* user management and administration
[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-3-1]<br />
* role-based security
[https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center CJIS Security Policy 5.5.5]
* reporting
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''33.1''' The system shall provide administrators with a configurable period of time to apply to user access or inactivity before again prompting a user for authentication credentials.
* data validation
|-
* workplans
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-3-2]
* patient reports
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''33.2''' The system should provide a means for modifying personnel data in a batch.
* study reports
|-
* test catalogs
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-3-3]
* workflow management
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''33.3''' The system should support the storage of standard and industry-specific data formats.
* barcoded labels
|-
* raw data export
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |
* audit trail logging
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/331.11 7 CFR Part 331.11]<br />
* electronic signatures
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/9/121.11 9 CFR Part 121.11]<br />
* instrument integration
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/11.10 21 CFR Part 11.10 (d)]<br />
* email and SMS support
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/211.68 21 CFR Part 211.68 (b)]<br />
* LOINC code compatibility
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/42/73.11 42 CFR Part 73.11]<br />
* FHIR support
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/164.308 45 CFR Part 164.308]<br />
* English or French language configuration
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/164.514 45 CFR Part 164.514]<br />
* iSante interoperability
[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-3-7]<br />
 
[https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center CJIS Security Policy 5.5.1]<br />
==Hardware/software requirements==
[https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center CJIS Security Policy 5.5.2.4]<br />
 
[https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center CJIS Security Policy Appendix G.5]<br />
OpenELIS Global can be run in a virtual machine like VirtualBox or it can be built and installed from source code.  
[https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=30006MXP.PDF EPA 815-R-05-004 Chap. IV, Sec. 8.6]<br />
 
[https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=30006MXP.PDF EPA 815-R-05-004 Chap. VI, Sec. 8.6]<br />
===Virtual machine===
[https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/erln_lab_requirements.pdf EPA ERLN Laboratory Requirements 4.1.14–15]<br />
 
[https://www.iso.org/standard/56115.html ISO 15189:2012 5.10.2]<br />
System requirements for an OpenELIS Global [https://openelis-global.org/getting-started/ virtual machine] installation will be based on the requirements to run the virtual machine.
[https://www.ams.usda.gov/datasets/pdp/pdp-standard-operating-procedures USDA Administrative Procedures for the PDP 5.2.4]<br />
 
[https://www.ams.usda.gov/datasets/pdp/pdp-standard-operating-procedures USDA Administrative Procedures for the PDP 5.5.1.2]
===Source code===
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''33.4''' The system shall support the ability to define, record, and change the level of access for individual users to system groups, roles, machines, processes, and objects based on their responsibilities, including when those responsibilities change. The system should be able to provide a list of individuals assigned to a given system group, role, machine, process, or object.
 
|-
To build and install from source, you'll need:
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-3-8]
 
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''33.5''' The vendor should provide maintenance agreements and support services for its applications and services.
* Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
|-
* Net Tools
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1578.htm ASTM E1578-18 S-3-9]<br />[https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/files/eudralex/vol-4/annex11_01-2011_en.pdf E.U. Annex 11-3.3]<br />[https://www.ams.usda.gov/datasets/pdp/pdp-standard-operating-procedures USDA Administrative Procedures for the PDP 5.2.4]
* Python
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''33.6''' The vendor shall provide help desk, training, and installation support, as well as high-quality system documentation. The documentation should be reviewed to ensure that user requirements are fulfilled.
 
|-
More information can be found [http://docs.openelis-global.org/en/latest/ here].
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |
 
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/331.11 7 CFR Part 331.11]<br />
==Videos, screenshots, and other media==
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/9/121.11 9 CFR Part 121.11]<br />
 
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/11.10 21 CFR Part 11.10 (c)]<br />
===Videos===
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/42/73.11 42 CFR Part 73.11]<br />
 
[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/164.310 45 CFR Part 164.310]<br />
The following YouTube videos exist for OpenELIS Global:
[https://www.aavld.org/accreditation-requirements-page AAVLD Requirements for an AVMDL Sec. 5.4.4.3]<br />
 
[http://www.abft.org/files/ABFT_LAP_Standards_May_31_2013.pdf ABFT Accreditation Manual Sec. D-5–D-8]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJMJzEmiyVg OpenELIS Global Airport Arrival Webapp for Covid testing]
[http://des.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/documents/About/1063/RFP/Add7_Item4ASCLD.pdf ASCLD/LAB Supp. Reqs. for the Accreditation of Forensic Science Testing Laboratories 5.4.7.2.1]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBx0p2xRXOw After the airport passenger locator form, we have the OpenELIS system itself through to result]
[https://www.astm.org/Standards/E1492.htm ASTM E1492-11 4.2.4]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MReLJoiDcwc OpenELIS and OpenMRS Lab Orders and Results Exchange Demo]
[https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center CJIS Security Policy 5.5.2]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vceADLpaDNc OpenELIS Global QuanStudio 3 and 5 Analyzer Integration]
[https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center CJIS Security Policy 5.8.1]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbDuvrUBpIs Setting up the analyzer script]
[https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/erln_lab_requirements.pdf EPA ERLN Laboratory Requirements 4.9.6]<br />
 
[https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/files/eudralex/vol-4/annex11_01-2011_en.pdf E.U. Annex 11-7.1]<br />
===Demos===
[https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/files/eudralex/vol-4/annex11_01-2011_en.pdf E.U. Annex 11-12]<br />
 
[https://www.iso.org/standard/56115.html ISO 15189:2012 5.10.2]<br />
An online demo of OpenELIS Global can be found on the [https://openelis-global.org/getting-started/demo/ OpenELIS website].
[https://www.iso.org/standard/66912.html ISO/IEC 17025:2017 7.11.3]<br />
 
[https://www.ams.usda.gov/datasets/pdp/pdp-standard-operating-procedures USDA Administrative Procedures for the PDP 5.2.1]
===Documentation===
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''33.7''' The vendor shall restrict logical access to database storage components to authorized individuals. If providing a hosted service, the vendor should also restrict physical access to database storage components to authorized individuals. (In the case of an on-site solution, the buyer is responsible for limiting physical access to database storage components to meet 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and CJIS guidelines.)
 
|-
Documentation for OpenELIS Global can be [http://docs.openelisci.org/en/latest/ found here].
  | style="padding:5px; width:500px;" |[https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center CJIS Security Policy 5.5.1]
 
  | style="background-color:white;" |'''33.8''' The system shall be able to tag and document an individual, group, and system account as having been validated for regulatory purposes, and remind the administrator or authorized personnel on a configurable schedule when the account should be validated again.
==Entities using OpenELIS==
|-
 
|}
The following entities are known to be utilizing or have used some form of OpenELIS:
|}
 
CDC Retrovirus Côte d'Ivoire, Clinical Informatics Research Group, Institut Pasteur Côte d'Ivoire, Laboratoire National de Santé Publique - Côte d'Ivoire, Laboratoire National de Santé Publique - Haiti, Minnesota State Public Health Laboratory, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa
 
==Further reading==
 
* {{cite journal |title=Laboratory Data Timeliness and Completeness Improves Following Implementation of an Electronic Laboratory Information System in Côte d’Ivoire: Quasi-Experimental Study on 21 Clinical Laboratories From 2014 to 2020 |author=He, Y.; Kouabenan, Y.-R.; Assoa, P.H; et al. |journal=JMIR Public Health and Surveillance |year=2024 |volume=10 |issue=e50407 |doi=10.2196/50407 |pmid=38506899}}
 
==External links==
 
* [https://github.com/DIGI-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2 OpenELIS Global (current) on GitHub]
* [https://github.com/openelisglobal/openelisglobal-core/ OpenELIS (pre-2.0) at GitHub]
* [https://code.google.com/archive/p/openelisglobal/ OpenELIS Global at Google Code] (Archived)
 
* NOTE: The country specific blogs for Haiti and Cote d'Ivoire have been combined at: [http://openelis.blogspot.com/ OpenELIS Global blog]
 
==References==
<references />
 
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This page is about the international successor to the original OpenELIS software, OpenELIS Global. For the original software, which is still actively developed, see OpenELIS.


OpenELIS Global
OpenELIS logo.jpg
Original author(s) Casey Iiams-Hauser
Developer(s) Digital Initiatives Group (DIGI) – University of Washington
Initial release February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29)[1]
Stable release

3.2.1.11  (July 13, 2026; 20 days ago (2026-07-13))

[±]
Written in Java (Spring), JavaScript (React, Carbon Design System)
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Laboratory informatics software
License(s) Mozilla Public License 2.0
Website openelis-global.org

OpenELIS Global is a free open-source laboratory information system (LIS) designed "to run national laboratory networks that serve millions of people,"[2], particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The software is as an offshoot of the OpenELIS open-source software project, which received development contributions from the likes of the Minnesota State Public Health Laboratory and the University of Iowa. The larger international influence on OpenELIS of collaborators such as the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the University of Washington's International Training and Education Center on HIV (I-TECH) later spread the OpenELIS technology (in the form of separate branches of the software) to other parts of the world, including Vietnam, Haiti, and Côte d'Ivoire.[3] While OpenELIS continues on as a separate project run by the OpenELIS Foundation, it states that it "has limited involvement in development of global OpenELIS."[4]

OpenELIS Global is recognized as a Digital Square Global Good and a verified Digital Public Good[5][6], and its Cote d'Ivoire implementation was evaluated in a 2024 peer-reviewed study in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance.[7]

Product history

In 2012, the University of Washington I-TECH began hosting OpenELIS Global, an international version of the OpenELIS software. The intent of the developers—the International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) at Washington University—was to expand the functionality of OpenELIS to be more flexible while still "maintaining a common code base" among the the variation of feature requirements across different countries.[8] The first public open-source release of the software was with version 2.4 on February 29, 2012[1], followed by a 2.5 release on March 30.[9] The incrementation was chosen not as a numerical order of release, but rather as an identifying string as "Version.Pl​annedRelea​se.Unplann​edRelease (build number)," with versions incrementing yearly.[9]

Since then, the software has received regular updates. Following the May 2019 release of version 9.1, work slowed slightly, apparently in favor of a planned rewrite of the code using Java Spring. In August 2019, I-TECH's Casey Iiams-Hauser (the OpenELIS Global project owner) put out a call for a software development team to tackle the transition to Java Spring and PostgreSQL, with a target date of September 15, 2019.[10] The first release of the new version occurred in January 2020; the release notes stated: "This is a re-write of OpenELIS on modern frameworks and a significant security upgrade. At the end of this process, all tech will be currently supported and up to hardening standards. This software will be certified for use on US Government, and other high-security networks."[11] Updates over the years have added support for COVID-19 testing, the FHIR API, ASTM analyzer interfaces, data warehousing, and more.[11]

Features

Known features of OpenELIS Global include[1][9][11]:

  • sample entry
  • results entry
  • user management and administration
  • role-based security
  • reporting
  • data validation
  • workplans
  • patient reports
  • study reports
  • test catalogs
  • workflow management
  • barcoded labels
  • raw data export
  • audit trail logging
  • electronic signatures
  • instrument integration
  • email and SMS support
  • LOINC code compatibility
  • FHIR support
  • English or French language configuration
  • iSante interoperability

Hardware/software requirements

OpenELIS Global can be run in a virtual machine like VirtualBox or it can be built and installed from source code.

Virtual machine

System requirements for an OpenELIS Global virtual machine installation will be based on the requirements to run the virtual machine.

Source code

To build and install from source, you'll need:

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Net Tools
  • Python

More information can be found here.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Videos

The following YouTube videos exist for OpenELIS Global:

Demos

An online demo of OpenELIS Global can be found on the OpenELIS website.

Documentation

Documentation for OpenELIS Global can be found here.

Entities using OpenELIS

The following entities are known to be utilizing or have used some form of OpenELIS:

CDC Retrovirus Côte d'Ivoire, Clinical Informatics Research Group, Institut Pasteur Côte d'Ivoire, Laboratoire National de Santé Publique - Côte d'Ivoire, Laboratoire National de Santé Publique - Haiti, Minnesota State Public Health Laboratory, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa

Further reading

  • He, Y.; Kouabenan, Y.-R.; Assoa, P.H; et al. (2024). "Laboratory Data Timeliness and Completeness Improves Following Implementation of an Electronic Laboratory Information System in Côte d’Ivoire: Quasi-Experimental Study on 21 Clinical Laboratories From 2014 to 2020". JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 10 (e50407). doi:10.2196/50407. PMID 38506899. 


External links

  • NOTE: The country specific blogs for Haiti and Cote d'Ivoire have been combined at: OpenELIS Global blog

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "OpenELIS Global 2.4 Release Notes". University of Washington I-TECH. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130143717/https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/openelis-global-2-4-release-notes. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  2. ↑ "Laboratory information, built for the public good". DIGI at the University of Washington. https://openelis-global.org/about/. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  3. ↑ "About/Team". ITECH at Washington University. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190719065729/https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/about. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  4. ↑ "About OpenELIS". OpenELIS Foundation. 2026. https://openelis.org/about-openelis/. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  5. ↑ "The Global Goods Guidebook - An Overview of the Software Global Goods Ecosystem" (PDF). Digital Square. May 2023. p. 48. https://datafi.thepalladiumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2.-Global_Goods_Guidebook_Version_4.0_FINAL_forpublishing.pdf. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  6. ↑ "OpenELIS Global". Digital Public Goods Alliance. 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230526130236/https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/openelis-global.html. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  7. ↑ He, Y.; Kouabenan, Y.-R.; Assoa, P.H; et al. (2024). "Laboratory Data Timeliness and Completeness Improves Following Implementation of an Electronic Laboratory Information System in Côte d’Ivoire: Quasi-Experimental Study on 21 Clinical Laboratories From 2014 to 2020". JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 10 (e50407). doi:10.2196/50407. PMID 38506899. 
  8. ↑ "A Global LIS". ITECH at Washington University. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130143701/https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/global-implementation. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "OpenELIS Global 2.5 Release Notes". University of Washington I-TECH. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130143717/https://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/openelis-global-2-5-release-notes. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  10. ↑ Liams-Hauser, C. (5 August 2019). "Come work on OpenELIS Global with I-TECH!". OpenMRS Talk. https://talk.openmrs.org/t/come-work-on-openelis-global-with-i-tech-we-are-looking-for-tech-writers-ui-ux-designers-and-devs-an/24221. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Liams-Hauser, C. (March 2022). "OpenELIS Software Release Roadmap". Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220328192537/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0zMfoUXRBbr9JyjjMeWRt1dgi7EbOd3IZdP6NCulow/edit?pli=1#heading=h.71anhixmrzil. Retrieved 30 July 2026. 
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