Table 7.
Our judgement of technical characteristics
| OpenMRS | Dream–Sant Egidio | GHIS | iSante | WorldVista | OSCAR | |
| Hardware requirements | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Operating system | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Non open-source components | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Technical skill for installing and maintaining | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Openness of software code | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Training manuals | IT technical staff | Receptionists, clinicians, pharmacy staff | Receptionists, physicians, nurses, counsellors, DOTS staff, pharmacy staff, site coordinator, IT technical staff | Clinicians, users, IT technical staff | – | Receptionists, clinicians, pharmacy staff, IT technical staff |
Ratings: 1, easy, simple, open; 2, moderately complex; 3, difficult, complex, closed.