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TaifaCare v19.2.0 Release Notes

June 2025

Overview

TaifaCare v19.2.0, formerly known as KenyaEMR, brings a refreshed identity along with a range of functional improvements. The release introduces the official rebranding of TaifaCare powered by KenyaEMR, a tailored distribution of OpenMRS. In addition to the branding update, v19.2.0 includes significant enhancements to system performance, user interface improvements, and critical bug fixes aimed at strengthening stability, usability, and interoperability across modules

Refer to the attached release notes for more information.

Compatible Products

  • OpenMRS warfile 2.6.15
  • MySQL 8.0
  • Works with DWAPI 3.xLatest tag

Key Updates

New Features

This release focuses on:

  • Case Surveillance
  • Commodity Management
  • Forms Fixes and Validation Updates
  • New Features and Improvements.
  • Role Based Access Management.

Enhancements Highlights

  • Enhancement on the system to support Retrospective Data Entry on Forms, Lab and drugs.
  • Avail reason for requesting imaging orders visibility in the Imaging Orders module by the radiographers.
  • Initiate billing of drugs from the Pharmacy to ensure efficient client flow.
  • Indicate service where Transactions operation occurred.
  • Add ability to order test from the imaging panel.
  • Allow a drug order request for an already prescribed drug order with a provision to provide a reason for reordering.
  • Allow Pharmacists to fill Quantity to dispense and remove from Prescription Order.
  • Allow Pharmacists to modify prescriptions (Change duration and even to an extent, drugs)
  • Add prescriptions weekly and monthly. If the user prescribes daily the system issues more drugs than what the client has been issued.
  • Modify prescription to be applied to all prescriptions and not just those with bills.
  • Service queues - Rename label from Change to Move.
  • Add Age, Gender and clinical diagnosis as part of the patient info on the orders panel.
  • Add ability to view results in lab panel.
  • Increase the size of the clinical Notes in NCD follow up form.
  • Update Clinical Encounter Forms with ICD11 Codes.
  • Make CPIMS ID mandatory in the OVC enrollment form and correct the inform alert.
  • Avail partograph and Nursing cardex forms.
  • Auto-populate the variables already captured in the previous forms.

Bug Fixes Highlights

  • Fixed - Diagnosis, Lab results and Vitals missing from the dispensing app.
  • HIV Risk scores are not being saved in the database.
  • The downloadable Appointment excel still has a column Gender.
  • Fixed - Users have repeatedly indicated challenges with Refresh Tables on EMR ETL module.
  • Fixed - milligram units are missing under quantity unit.
  • Previously entered Clinical encounter forms and progress notes do not save when edited.
  • Ensure all filled forms for a client have a provider indicated.
  • Fixed - Contact form save button is deactivated until the 3 names of the contacts are filled. A need to change to allow first and last names to save the form.
  • Fixed - In-Patient Form (Error on IPD procedure and Newborn Unit Admission form).
  • Fixed - There is an error when updating the relationship start date for Index Case Testing clients. The form does not save.
  • Fixed - Violence Screening Forms Not Rendering.

Case Surveillance

  • Transmission of real time data for Case surveillance above site dashboards.
  • Add case surveillance Summary to Facility Dashboard.

Commodity Management

  • Add negative and positive adjustments to stock operations.
  • Auto-populate person responsible for all transactions/ operations.
  • Retain only batch numbers with existing stock and order by expiry date.
  • Show/render the expiry date when doing an issue of stock operation.
  • Align the clinician roles to allow access to the stock balances while prescribing a drug.

Reporting

  • SHA- Number for inclusion in Active line-list.
  • Add a column for TB screening in active on ART line list.
  • Display the Daily Nutrition Registers 407A and B.
  • Add MOH 240 - Lab Register in the KenyaEMR 3.X for facility wide reporting.
  • Add Orthopedic Trauma Register MOH.
  • Create Therapeutic Play Summary MOH 755.
  • Create Eye Register MOH 416.

For Upgrade Instructions

Refer to the upgrade user manual on how to upgrade your instance of KenyaEMR.
Remember to run the post_upgrade.sh script

Facility Surveillance Dashboard Guide is available:

https://kenyahmis.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Facility-Surveillance-Dashboard.pdf

Support

For any questions or assistance, please contact our Helpdesk:

HIE Integration Note:

Configuration for integrating with the HIE will be provided separately following the upgrade.

Feedback

We value your feedback! Please report any issues or suggestions to help us improve KenyaEMR in future releases.

Thank you for using KenyaEMR. We're committed to continually improving our system to better serve healthcare providers and patients across Kenya.

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