Inside Bahmni: An open-source digital public good

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

Thoughtworks

Careers, Business, 907234, Technology

4.7 • 53 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Bahmni started life as an open-source hospital information management system and electronic medical record for a single hospital in rural India. Today, it has more than 500 implementations in 50 countries across Africa and Asia, and is recognized as one of only 165 digital public goods by the Digital Public Goods Alliance.

Thoughtworks played a key part in bringing Bahmni into the world back in 2012. And although today it’s run and supported by a coalition of organizations, Thoughtworks continues to have a leading role in the project as a member of its Governing Committee.

To tell Bahmni’s unique story, Rebecca Parsons and Ken Mugrage speak with Satish Viswanathan and Angshuman Sarkar, two Thoughtworkers actively participating and contributing to the project. They discuss Bahmni’s origins and how it grew from a small, local tool to become a vital component in healthcare infrastructure in parts of the world that have long faced resource challenges.

Learn more about Bahmni: https://www.bahmni.org/

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone.
0:09.3	My name is Rebecca Parsons.
0:10.7	I'm one of your recurring co-hosts for the ThoughtWorks Technology podcast.
0:15.3	I'm joined by another one of my co-hosts, Ken.
0:19.3	Good morning.
0:20.2	I'm Ken McGreg. I guess good evening, depending on where you are, another one of my co-hosts, Ken. Good morning. I'm Ken McGrath. I guess good evening, depending on where you are.
0:23.3	Another one of your regular podcast hosts.
0:26.1	And we are joined today by two of our folks from ThoughtWorks, India,
0:32.5	who have been working for various periods of time on a product called Bomney.
0:38.1	And we'll get into what Bamni is, but I'd like to introduce Satish.
0:42.9	My name is Satish, Ms. Sanatin.
0:44.8	I lead social change and sustainability for potworks in India and the Middle East.
0:50.2	And I also represent Bamni on the governing committee of the Bamni coalition.
0:56.0	And Ankshaman.
0:58.0	Hi everyone.
0:59.0	My name is Ankshman. I work for ThoughttoWorks India.
1:02.0	I usually work in health-related projects.
1:06.0	And I have been a long-term contributor and also one of the architects of Bamni.
1:13.9	Okay, so let's start with a little bit of history.
1:16.1	What is Bomni?
1:23.2	So Bamni, as we say, is a HIMS, a hospital information management system.
1:30.2	It integrates and brings in various capabilities of a typical hospital together, starting from registration to clinical information management to doing the laboratory test, managing radiology
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