🧩 Modules & Features

Modules & Features

Feature-specific reference documentation — one page per module, covering both end-user and admin perspectives.

Who this is for

You know which feature you're looking for and you want focused docs on just that feature. This section is the topic-search-friendly index of every module the system has. If you're trying to find your way around OpenELIS more generally, start at For Lab Staff instead.

Verification status: Many module pages here are marked DRAFT and need verification against the live system (v3.2.1.3). The New User Manual sections to be verified parent page tracks which pages are draft vs. verified. The May 2026 audit consolidated 47 pages by removing 26 byte-identical duplicates (re-titled with ARCHIVED: prefix).

Access & Security

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) — overview + 5 sub-pages on concepts, role management, user management, troubleshooting, complete permissions reference
Electronic Signatures — certification, password-bound signing
Language Switching & Session Management (DRAFT)
Admin — Provider & Plugin Management (DRAFT)

Sample lifecycle

Sample Storage Management (DRAFT) — Room → Device → Shelf → Box → Position hierarchy
Sample Shipment & Referral Management (DRAFT) — chain of custody, manifests
Aliquot Management (DRAFT)
Referral — Sending Samples to External Labs (DRAFT)

Results & Validation

Results Entry — By Range, By Patient, By Order (DRAFT)
Validation Modes — By Order, By Range, By Date (DRAFT)
Calculated Value Tests — User Guide (DRAFT)
Reflex Testing — User Guide (DRAFT)

Quality & Compliance

Westgard Rules Dashboard (DRAFT) — Levey-Jennings charts, multi-rule QC
External Quality Assurance (EQA) Module (DRAFT) — proficiency testing
Non-Conforming Events — Corrective Actions (DRAFT)
Electronic Lab Notebook (DRAFT) — structured experimental records

Reagents & Equipment

Reagent & Consumables Management (DRAFT)
Freezer Monitoring Dashboard (DRAFT)

Dashboards & Reports

Dashboard & KPI Cards (DRAFT)
Running Reports (How-To Guide) (DRAFT)
Data Export — CSV, PDF & WHONET (DRAFT)

Patient & Order Management

Patient Management — Search, Create, Edit & Merge (DRAFT)
Order Search & Lookup (DRAFT)

Configuration (Admin-focused)

Test Catalog Management v2.5 — v1 + v2 Delivery Plan — the new unified test editor (in active development)
Admin — Organization Management (DRAFT)
Admin — Reflex Tests & Calculated Value Tests (DRAFT)
Admin — Lab Number, Program Entry & EQA Program Management (DRAFT)
Admin — General Configuration (Site, Branding & Workflow Settings) (DRAFT)
Admin — Language, Translation & Menu Configuration (DRAFT)
Admin — Notifications, Result Reporting & User Communication (DRAFT)
Admin — System Tools (Search Index, Logging & Audit Trail) (DRAFT)

Quality assurance program (high-level)

QA Menu Release — the umbrella initiative bringing all quality work under one navigable section. See for the strategic plan.

Where to get help

Module-specific questions: post on OpenMRS Talk tagging the module name
Suggest a documentation fix: comment inline on the module page