n8n community node for OpenMRS FHIR R4 API. Register patients, create encounters, search clinical records, and connect OpenMRS to DHIS2, RapidPro, and other health systems.
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Via n8n UI: Settings → Community Nodes → search n8n-nodes-openmrs → Install
Via npm:
npm install n8n-nodes-openmrs| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Base URL | Your OpenMRS instance including /openmrs (e.g. https://o3.openmrs.org/openmrs) |
| Username | OpenMRS username |
| Password | OpenMRS password |
Demo: https://o3.openmrs.org/openmrs username admin, password Admin123
| Resource | Operations |
|---|---|
| Patient | Create, Get, Get Many, Search by Identifier, Search by Name, Search by Phone |
| Encounter | Create, Get, Get Many |
| Observation | Get, Get Many |
| Diagnostic Report | Get, Get Many |
| Condition | Get, Get Many |
| Medication Statement | Get, Get Many |
| Custom API Call | Any method, any FHIR endpoint |
{
"resourceType": "Patient",
"identifier": [{ "system": "http://openmrs.org/identifier", "value": "CASE-001" }],
"name": [{ "family": "Nkurunziza", "given": ["Brian"] }],
"gender": "male",
"birthDate": "1995-03-15",
"telecom": [{ "system": "phone", "value": "+250788123456" }]
}Returns the created FHIR Patient resource including the assigned OpenMRS UUID.
{
"resourceType": "Encounter",
"status": "finished",
"class": { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode", "code": "AMB" },
"subject": { "reference": "Patient/PATIENT_UUID" },
"period": { "start": "2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00", "end": "2026-06-02T09:00:00+00:00" }
}Replace PATIENT_UUID with the UUID returned from Patient Create.
- OpenMRS: 2.3+ with FHIR2 module enabled
- n8n: 1.0+
- Node.js: 22+
POST /ws/fhir2/R4/Patient
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/Patient/{uuid}
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/Patient?identifier={id}
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/Patient?name={name}
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/Patient?telecom={phone}
POST /ws/fhir2/R4/Encounter
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/Encounter/{uuid}
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/Encounter?patient={uuid}&_count=50
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/Observation?patient={uuid}&_count=50
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/DiagnosticReport?patient={uuid}&_count=50
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/Condition?patient={uuid}&_count=50
GET /ws/fhir2/R4/MedicationStatement?patient={uuid}&_count=50
- OpenMRS Documentation
- OpenMRS FHIR2 Module
- OpenMRS REST API
- n8n Community Nodes
- n8n-nodes-dhis2 DHIS2 integration
- n8n-nodes-rapidpro RapidPro messaging
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch:
git checkout -b feat/your-feature - Commit:
git commit -m 'feat(openmrs): your change' - Push and open a Pull Request
- Issues: GitHub Issues
- n8n Community: community.n8n.io
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