mUzima

Adaptable platform with primary implementations in online/offline health space

Interoperability with OpenMRS™

* Seamless registration and encounter-level data collection.

* Robust error resolution mechanisms for transmitted data.

* Ability to handle static and dynamic cohorts.

* Robust form versioning, categorization and transmission.

* Modalities for saving data bundles through transmission of differences between server and mobile device (handling of delta).

* Mechanism to customize amount of data to download on device (i.e. robust handling of concepts).

Security

* User authentication mechanism.

* Automatic time-outs and customization mechanism.

* Device-level data encryption.

* Secure data transmission to central server.

* Ability to handle password changes in settings without reliable connectivity.

Usability

* User-centered design.

* Supports multiple versions of Android – 4.4 and above.

* Allows multiple font sizes based on user preferences.

* Ability to zoom in-and-out of forms.

* Customizable and user-tailored cohorts.

Community

* The mUzima community is an emerging and diverse group with an interest in developing, implementing and using truly open source and interoperable mHealth solutions. Get Involved: http://www.muzima.org/get-involved

Support

* The initial features of mUzima have been supported by grants from the AbbVie Foundation, Medtronics Foundation, Regenstrief Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Moi University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.