OpenEMR Admin Meeting Notes - 2026-02-17

Release is done! Users will need to get to 8.0.0 for ONC certification.

General discussion on versioning and breaking changes. Next generation of modules will at some point imply a break for module authors, but will also define a stable set of contracts/interfaces that module maintainers can rely on.

Chris provided update on UI updates; ready-for-review imminent. Will modernize a lot of tooling for frontend builds as well.

Long discussion about the database, migrations, utf8, etc. We believe there should actually be a relatively straightforward path to get everything to modern character sets and encoding throughout.

Next Agenda:

  • Follow up on banner module (system checks, etc)
  • Once we get more progress on the new modules system, where would “official” module code live?
  • More UI/UX
  • Release automation?
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