OpenELIS Global
Welcome to the OpenELIS Global documentation space. OpenELIS Global is an open-source Laboratory Information System (LIS) used in clinical laboratories around the world. This space is maintained by the OpenELIS Global community as the living source of truth for product, implementation, and developer documentation.
Start Here: Pick Your Path
π©βπ¬ For Lab Staff
End users (lab techs, biologists, pathologists) and lab admins. End User Manual + Quick Reference, Administrator Manual + Quick Reference, Laboratory Notebooks, French / FonctionnalitΓ©s d'OpenELIS.
π For Implementers
Deploying OpenELIS Global at a new site or country. Install & Upgrade, Deployment, OpenMRS & Odoo integrations, Configuration Initializer, Single Sign On, Translation, Country Implementations.
π©βπ» For Developers
Engineers contributing code, building integrations, or extending OpenELIS Global. Dev environment, FHIR Implementation Guide, QA Framework, RBAC technical, lab-domain primers for new contributors.
βοΈ For SysAdmin-Operators
Running OpenELIS Global in production. Backups, HA failover, password migration, upgrades, troubleshooting, Consolidated Server operations.
π€ Community
Where the OpenELIS Global community lives, how to contribute, GSoC, Volunteer of the Month, meeting notes, style guide. Talk forum + GitHub links inside.
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OpenELIS Product Navigation
βΉοΈ About OpenELIS Global
Project overview, mission, history, key partners. Start here if youβd like to understand what OpenELIS Global offers overall. You can also access our main website at https://openelis-global.org/
𧩠Modules & Features
One page per module. RBAC, Electronic Signatures, Test Catalog, Sample Storage, EQA, Westgard, Sample Shipment, Patient Management, Reports, and 20+ more.
π¦ Releases
Current production release, v3.2 development target, Interoperability Roadmap, past releases. Watch this page to be notified when a new release lands.
Product Roadmap
Future Features and Functionality planned for development and release.
Get help & stay current
π Get Help
Usage questions, bug reports, feature requests, doc fixes, implementation help β what channel to use for each. Etiquette guide included.
π Watch & Stay Current
How to subscribe to Confluence, GitHub, and Talk so documentation updates find you instead of you having to find them. Recommended subscriptions by role.
Where the community lives
talk.openelis-global.org β primary discussion forum
DIGI-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2 β source code, issues, pull requests
docs.openelis-global.org β published developer documentation
π Confluence revamp workplan Β· Last updated 2026-05-21 by the OEG documentation team