22 Sunday May 2011
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22 Sunday May 2011
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Yesterday I returned to Buenos Aires from my European tour. It was a very productive week in Geneva and Barcelona, talking about MEDICAL with colleagues, partners, and organizations interested in implementing and joining the MEDICAL project. We also talked about the next version of MEDICAL, Tryton and OpenERP.
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| Angel, Albert Cervera (Nan Tic) and Luis Falcón in Barcelona |
Nice dinner with the NaN tic guys. We talked about the OpenERP community, and the need of having a governance in Free Software projects without censorship or being partial. We all see today how speculators are getting into the “open source” and the techniques they are using to lock-in users.
As I said in an interview last year in OpenERP ( http://www.openerp.com/node/549 ), at the end of the day, is your actions what counts, not the tools that you use. By the way, I hope this interview remains there and won’t be censored, as my latest emails 😉
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| Cool street names in Barcelona 🙂 |
Finally, I had the chance to go and support the “Indignados” demonstration in Plaza Cataluña, against politicians and private companies responsible of the crisis that we – as the community – have to suffer.
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| “Indignados” demonstration in Barcelona |
After all, greed puts at risk the development and dignity of communities. The same greedy hands are the ones destroying societies and the free software projects.
Luckily, these people in Barcelona and in the rest of Spain, as well as the free software advocates, have the conviction to fight for our dignity and future.
Bests
Luis
20 Friday May 2011
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I have great news for the Free Software advocates.
We have started working in extending MEDICAL to support the Tryton ERP. Tryton is a great ERP with a solid free software philosophy, not only for releasing the source code, but by having NO LOCK-IN policies. So this is what we will achieve
– Freedom of choice : Now the user will have complete freedom in Operating System, Database or ERP . The user will be able to choose from OpenERP or Tryton.
– Guarantee Upgrades : MEDICAL must rely on an architecture that allows the user to upgrade their infrastructure. The users and health centers should have the upgrade tools and documentation to update the operating system, database and ERP at no cost if they choose to do. Today we see that concept in GNU/Linux, Postgresql and Tryton. This schema guarantees that the end user has the best and most updated MEDICAL version, as well as the underlining components.
In this sense, we, as a community, will always be vigilant to any lock-in strategy in the underlying software (operating system, database or ERP) that could compromise its sustainability.
Many organizations around the world have chosen MEDICAL to improve the lives of the underprivileged. This community keeps growing because not only because of its technical capabilities, but also because of the free software philosophy behind it.
– Vendor independence : We, as a community, can NOT depend on a single vendor or group of vendors for the future of MEDICAL (or any free software solution for that matter). MEDICAL does not belong to Thymbra. MEDICAL is part of a non-for-profit organization, GNU Solidario, which can not be bought or fall into speculators hands. MEDICAL is a public good.
– Back to the roots : We need to get back to the origins of Free Software. As I said, this is not about only “open source”, but about community and ethics.
I believe that today we have the perfect scenario of freedom of choice, vendor independence, no lock-in policies of any type, community and evolution. These factors guarantee the sustainability of MEDICAL for the current and all the next installations around the world.
We will of course keep on developing MEDICAL so it will have the same functionality in all the environments (OpenERP, Tryton, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD…).
Today is a great day for MEDICAL and for Free Software.
09 Monday May 2011
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MEDICAL, the Free Health and Hospital Information System has incorporated the PSC to its latest development branch.
The Pediatric Symptoms Checklist – PSC – has been developed by Dr. Michael Jellinek and Dr. Michael Murphy from the Massachusetts General Hospital.
The authors define the PSC as “a brief screening questionnaire that is used by pediatricians and other health professionals to improve the recognition and treatment of psychosocial problems in children”
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| PSC patient section in MEDICAL |
MEDICAL uses the standard PSC form – to be completed by the parents – and will include the Y-PSC.
MEDICAL automatically calculates the total PSC score, based upon form values. It also highlights the evaluations that might indicate a child psychosocial impairment.
The PSC cutoff values will be localized to the different countries (Japan, Germany, Holland …), so it will fit their recommended cutoffs.
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| Sample data of PSC in MEDICAL |
I want to thank Drs. Michael Jellinek and Michael Murphy for developing PCS, as well as Sandra Bishop, PhD and María Pagano, PhD from further investigating and working on this great system. I specially thank them for making it a free resource, for the well-being of all the childrens around the world. If you use the PSC functionality of MEDICAL in your health center, please send them a note !
Thank you
Luis Falcón
lfalcon@gnusolidario.org
30 Saturday Apr 2011
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Dear all :
This is a sneak preview of what’s going on in the development of MEDICAL
There is a new module for pediatrics, which will cover the existing neonatology and all the other pediatric information.
Newborn wristbands
To maximize security and identification of the newborn, MEDICAL assigns a newborn ID, and allows to print the four identification bands to place it on the baby and mother’s wrists and ankles.
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| Newborn barcoded wristband created by MEDICAL |
New Pediatrics Module and enhanced Neonatology information
The new pediatrics module will cover the neonatal , infancy, toddler and teenage information.
The neonatology process has been extensively revised, with many new indicators and functionality, such as :
The antenatal information and the puerperium remains in the gynecology / obstetrics module.
You can check the new functionality in the development version. Please test it and let us know your suggestions !
12 Tuesday Apr 2011
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I’m happy to announce the upcoming OpenERP academia taking place in Buenos Aires, May 2nd-6th.
Get the best from the first OpenERP partner in LatinAmerica.
En Español : http://www.thymbra.com/es/training/training_cursos_openerp.html
Thymbra and Tiny SPRL (Now OpenERP) created in 2007 the OpenERP LatinAmerica Academy in order to satisfy the local market demand.
This makes Thymbra the first OpenERP official education partner. In the Academy we give the same material (technical and functional courses) as in Belgium, but localized both in the language and market specifications for Latin America.
Experience tells us that places are taken shortly after announcing our academia, so please make sure you get your seat by writing to academia@thymbra.com
Looking forward to meeting you in Buenos Aires !
For more information, please check the following links
http://www.thymbra.com/en/training/training.html
En Español : http://www.thymbra.com/es/training/training_cursos_openerp.html
20 Sunday Mar 2011
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Thymbra is the first OpenERP partner in Latin America. Since 2005, we are official OpenERP Gold Partners.
We have developed the Argentinian Localization, the logon manager and the Electronic Invoicing module, among others.
Thymbra is pioneer in Free Software development for Health Informatics, such as MEDICAL
Thymbra has since 2007 the OpenERP LatinAmerica Academia, so your company can get the best OpenERP functional and technical training. Please contact us at academia@thymbra.com to get information about the next training in your area.
Please contact us if you need information of our training session on OpenERP or MEDICAL, or if you want to implement it in your company or Health Center.
About Thymbra
Thymbra is an IT company specialized in ERP (OpenERP and SAP) administration and Health Informatics. Our goal is to maximize the performance, security and availability for your Enterprise. Our offices are in Spain and Argentina, with clients in Europe and the Americas.
We have two business divisions: Medical Informatics and ERP consulting. ERP services include the implementation, upgrade, migration and administration of OpenERP and SAP. Thymbra has years of experience in the SAP administration and clients all over Europe and Latin America.
Thymbra has been committed with Free Software since its beginning. In 1999 Thymbra made the first SAP installation on GNU/Linux in Latin America and today is leader in number of installations in this environment.
21 Friday Jan 2011
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The United Nations University (UNU) has adopted MEDICAL
United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health (IIGH) ( http://www.unu.edu ) has joined the MEDICAL community. MEDICAL will offer them an online teaching resource for a Hospital Information System (HIS).
GNU Solidario and UNU are now working together in specific areas, such as the documentation process. GNU Solidario will also work with UNU in the installation of a demo server.
This is yet another great example of how free software can leverage the resources to help the developing countries. Many thanks to Mr Nurhizam Safie Mohd Satar who is leading the MEDICAL integration project at the United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health (IIGH).
This common effort will increase the amount of physicians using Free Software, and we will all benefit with their valuable feedback.
I take the opportunity to thank the United Nations and their Development Program – UNDP – ( http://www.undp.org) , since it’s been supporting our mission since 2009. Mr Raul Zambrano, Senior Policy Advisor on ICT and Governance for the UNDP, was one of the lecturers at IWEEE (http://www.iweee.org) 2010 in Las Palmas.
About the United Nations University :
The UN University is dedicated to the generation and transfer of knowledge, and the strengthening of individual and institutional capacities in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
The mission of UN University is to contribute, through collaborative research, capacity development, and advisory services to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States.
08 Wednesday Dec 2010
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The Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) is the largest and most modern hospital in Suriname.
The AZP was founded march 9, 1966 as a central hospital and was changed into the Academic Hospital Paramaribo in 1969 gaining its university status. The current staff consists of about 1700 co-workers. The AZP Hospital has a 470 bed capacity.
On a yearly basis 20.000 patients are hospitalized, while about 176.0000 out-patients visit the hospital.
We greatly appreciate AZP commitment to Medical and support to our organization, GNU Solidario. We are working with AZP to initially provide specific functionality in pediatric care and cardiology. This is a clear example on how large hospitals can collaborate to Free software, where the rest of the world will also benefit.
10 Wednesday Nov 2010
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R.S. Griya Husada Madiun Hospital, in Madiun City (Province East Java Indonesia) is the latest hospital in Indonesia that have adopted Medical , the Free Health and Hospital Information System.
This is the third hospital in Indonesia in this year that installs Medical.
It’s very rewarding to know that many health centers around the globe are using Free Software for the sake of their habitants.
Thanks to Riza Kurniawan, part of the team of Medical in Indonesia, who has implemented in this hospital, and just translated the homepage to Bahasa Indonesia.
You can see this and other implementations on http://medical.sf.net/community.html
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