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Project Buendia is an open-source, tablet-based electronic medical record (EMR) system designed for relief missions. It was originally created in collaboration with MSF in response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and has been successfully piloted in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of January 2020, the Bunia project was handed over from MSF to the Ministère de la Santé Publique in DRC, and the project is currently working to support a new deployment in DRC with either the local health ministry or another MSF project.

For software developers

• Developer Guide

• About the software

  • System Overview
  • Client Application (user-facing Android app)
  • Server Application (OpenMRS database and API)
  • Server Platform (software configuration and update)

• Planning documents

  • Future Extensions
  • Areas of Concern

For testers

• QA
• Setting Up a Server
• Software Install and Configuration
• Setting Up a Tablet
• Updating a tablet with the latest client release
• Managing and editing Profiles

For gear prep staff

Information on assembling, flashing, configuring, and packing a hardware & software kit to send to the field.

• Setting Up a Server
• Software Install and Configuration
• Setting up an OpenWRT router

For field users

• Upon Receiving Your Gear
• Setting Up a Tablet
• Field Guides — Information for field staff: how to set up, use, maintain, and troubleshoot a Buendia deployment in the field.
• Advanced: Changing Wifi Settings

For new contributors

• Recently joined the project? See the (slightly out of date) Welcome new contributors! page.

For product managers and designers

• Product Management and Design — the project's history, priorities, goals, user research, design artifacts, and reference materials.
• Project recovery - credentials and associated websites/profiles.

Obsolete pages from 2015

• Adding LEDs to Edison to report on battery and server status (optional)
• Server Indicator Lights