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free software, gnu, GNU Health, GNU solidario, governments, IWEEE, tryton
IWEEE 2012 Granada: Presentations Available
09 Thursday Feb 2012
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GNU Health new partner in India
06 Monday Feb 2012
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It’s great to see how fast the GNU Health community is growing, not only in installations, but in companies and institutions delivering implementation and training.
The latest service and training provider is Serpent Consulting Services in India.
“Serpent Consulting Services feels immense pleasure to say that we are in partnership with Thymbra and supporting GNU Health” , said Jay Vora, Managing Director from Serpent CS.
So, now, besides de supporting governments (like Brazil or the European Community ) and multilateral organizations (like United Nations ), there are private companies that are commited to Free Software in health care using GNU Health.
We’ll be generating a map with all the service and training partners in the world, so you can choose the one closest to you.
This raise in the number of service and training providers show that Free Software is both ethical and a great business model.
Thank you to all the health professionals and the community at large that contribute with their talent in suggestions, questions, answers and bug reports.
Finally, our gratitude goes to the GNU project, Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation , for adopting GNU Health in their GNU System !
We fight for equity in health care. We deliver health and education with Free Software universally, and it would have been impossible without your contribution.
If you provide services around GNU Health and want your company to be shown in the services section of http://health.gnu.org send us a mail to health@gnusolidario.org and we’ll be happy to publish it.
Remember that, as in today, GNU Health runs on Tryton … just in case 😉
About GNU Health
GNU Health is a free Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality :
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
- Hospital Information System (HIS)
- Health Information System
GNU Health is an official GNU Package , chosen by Richard Stallman, and is part of GNU Solidario. GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health to emerging economies with free software.
GNU Health is the Hospital Information System chosen by the United Nations International Institute of Global Health.
Main site : health.gnu.org
Governments hosting GNU Health through their portals :
European Commission (EU) , JoinUp
Brazil: Portal do Software Público Brasileiro (SPB)
All the best
Luis Falcon
President
GNU Solidario
IWEEE 2012 Granada : Summary
20 Friday Jan 2012
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developing countries, ehealth, free software, fsf, gnu, GNU Health, GNU solidario, health, Hospital Information System, IWEEE, software libre
As we announced in the last few months, on January 11th. and 12th. the 5th edition of IWEEEin Granada took place. This edition was hold during the 2012 OSWC (Open Source World Conference) in Granada.
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| IWEEE Group |
What can I say about this edition?! I really believe that, since the first one, we have gone a long long way. This edition was a little bit different from the previous ones: all the presentations were on the 11th.(speakers program) and on the 12th. the Round Table – Unconference took place in the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Granada, during the 2012 Open Source World Conference (OSWC).
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| S. Cordara and J. Kafer |
The speeches were interesting and really gave space to a great debate on the next day. The idea of IWEEE has always been that of being a space to create new ideas and reflexions. Both speakers and public are always more than welcome to participate with questions, thoughts, solutions, projects …
The IWEEE meetings are growing each year. Thanks to the contribution of each participant in the Unconference – Round Table, we could analyze the real use of free software in the e-health sector and create a set of tasks for each participant, in order to work on them and give some real solutions for the next edition.
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| GNU Health + Android Integration (screenshot) |
GNU Solidario is a very small organization trying to reach out and MAKE A DIFFERENCE. We have many people to thank:
Dr. Salleh, Dr. Syed and Dr. Nurhizam from United Nations University, Institute of Global Health, for their presentations, round table and for sponsoring the event. During the event, UNU-IIGH and GNU Solidario, materialized the partnership to deploy GNU Health, the Free Health and Hospital Information System, globally.
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| UNU-IIGH and GNU Solidario partnership |
Raúl Zambrano from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Thang Dao and Ludovic Rossel (Doctors without Borders, Switzerland). Inma Gonzalez, Anne Cugier and Manuel Lannaud (Doctors without Borders, Spain). Thang, excellent work during the Unconference. Thanks!!
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| Round Table: Thang Dao |
Cesar Brod, government of Brazil, who has been with us since the first edition of IWEEE.
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| Round Table: L. Falcon, M. Lannaud, C. Brod and T. Karopka |
From the government of Paraguay, Nicolas Caballero, who proposed the IWEEE in Granada and Dr. Gamarra, delegate of Paraguay Ministry of Health.
Thomas Karopka and Etienne Saliez, also with us since the very first edition of IWEEE.
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| Round Table: Luis Falcon, Manuel Lannaud and Cesar Brod |
Joice Käfer from Brodtec (Brazil); Albert Cervera from NaN (Spain); Carlos Sánchez from UDED (Spain); Pablo José from FSF (Spain); Nacho Hermoso de Mendoza Garcìa, Angel Moya Pardo and Roberto Segura Lòpaz from Domatix (Spain), Abdrahman Elkafil from NEXTMA (Morocco) and Lievens Frank from Medetel (Luxembourg).
Our little but powerful community is growing faster and faster. This year slogan was COMMITMENT … or, we could better say, the LACK OF IT …. We are working hard in order to deliver real solutions and improve the quality of current e-Health systems. Strangely there were no representatives from the Andalusian Autonomous Government (Junta de Andalucia) … We hope to see you at the next edition.
We know that cooperation between individuals, public administrations and governments in adopting Free Software in public health is the key for all of us to have access to good quality health care. This is GNU Solidario mission: Health and Education with Free Software.
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| There’s always time to eat and for a picture. Great tapas in Granada !!! |
We hope you had a good time as we did. We would love to hear from you, please let us know your thoughts about the event.
I will post more pictures in the next few days, until then …
Be Free … as in Freedom !
I will post more pictures in the next few days, until then …
Be Free … as in Freedom !
Selene
Speakers Program IWEEE 2012 Granada: Commitment
18 Sunday Dec 2011
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free software, gnu, GNU Health, GNU solidario, governments, granada, Hospital Information System, IWEEE, Public Health
On January 11th. 2012 Granada (Spain) will host the 5th edition of IWEEE: International Workshop on e-Health for Emerging Economies.
The event will take place in the Hotel Citymar San Anton in the Hall Moraima. The conferences will start at 9 AM with the Opening Session by Luis Falcón of GNU Solidario.
We are still receiving confirmations from international speakers. The program is pretty much closed down, but if you are interested to give a speech, please send us a mail ASAP. So far we can count with participants from different international organizations.As always, an important part of IWEEE is the Round Table. This year we have been invited to be part of the International Conference of Free Software that will be held at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos of Granada on January 12th – 2012.
So in this edition the Round Table, that this year will be an “Unconference” (in order to create the best collaborative environment for new ideas and projects) will take place in the morning of January 12th. as part of the International Conference of Free Software.
Make sure to register to the event by sending an e-mail to : info@iweee.org
January 11th , 2012 – Hotel Citymar San Anton – Granada
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Speaker Name
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Speech Title
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09:00–09:15
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Luis Falcón
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GNU Solidario
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Spain
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Opening Session
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09:15–09:45
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Mohamed Salleh Yasin
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UNU-IIGH – United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
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Malaysia
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Role of UNU-IIGH in Research and Capacity Building in Free Software
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09:45–10:15
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Nicolás Caballero
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Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay
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Paraguay
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10:15–10:45
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Nurhizam Safie Bin Mohd Satar
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United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
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Malaysia
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Free Software Hospital Information System: Sustainable Solutions for Developing Countries
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10:45–11:15
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Joice Käfer
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Brod Tecnologia |
Brazil
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Technology, an Health Approach
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11:15–11:45
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Coffee Break
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11:4 – 12:15
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Cesar Brod
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Ministry of Planning – Government of Brazil
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Brazil
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Public Software, Public Content, Public Health
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12:15–12:45
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Thomas Karopka
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International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI)
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Germany
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Health informatics for development: Challenges and opportunities for free software in health care delivery
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12:45–13:15
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Raúl Zambrano
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UNDP – United Nations Development Program
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USA
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Free Foftware and Human Development
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13:15–13:45
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Abdrahman Elkafil
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Nextma and Moroccan Society for Telemedicine and Health (MSfTeH).
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Morocco
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Methodology for Establishing a System of Free Software in Health in a Moroccan Care Center
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13:45–15:45
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Lunch Recess
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15:4 – 16:15
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Etienne Saliez
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ISfTeH – International Society for Telemedicine and Health
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Belgium
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Problem Oriented Multidisciplinary Care and Informatics Object Model in low resources and Free Software Environments
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16:15–16:45
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Aljunid Syed Mohamed
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UNU-IIGH – United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
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Malaysia
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Casemix System on Free Software Platform: Ensuring Sustainability in Social Insurance Scheme
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16:45–17:15
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Luis Falcón
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GNU Solidario
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Spain
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GNU Health 2.0
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Thursday 12th – Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos
Round Table IWEEE Unconference : “Commitment” – Level of Free Software Adoption in Governments and Public Health
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We hope to see you in Granada !
More info:
IWEEE 2012: V International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies
11 Sunday Dec 2011
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en, free software, gnu, GNU Health, GNU solidario, IWEEE, Public Health, tryton
We are very happy to announce the 5th edition of IWEEE: International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies.
The next edition will be held in Granada (Spain) on January 11, 2012. The slogan for the 2012 is going to be: “Commitment”. It’s time for individuals, public administrations and governments to adopt Free Software in public health, so we can all have access to good quality health care.
Our mission in GNU Solidario is: Health and Education with Free Software.
Some of the topics for discussion will be :
* Free software in the health sector
* e-Health in Public Health
* Need for Free Standards in e-Health
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If you are interested to participate with a speech or presentation, please send us your papers: info@iweee.org
More info:
GNU Health and Lomonosov Moscow State University – Faculty of Medicine
06 Tuesday Dec 2011
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buenos aires, ehealth, EMR, en, free software, gnu, GNU Health, GNU Health, GNU solidario, HMIS, Hospital Information System, Public Health
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| Hospital Main Entrance |
On December 5th. in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina) GNU Solidario welcomed a delegation of members from the Lomonosov Moscow State University – Faculty of Medicine (Russia) and from ARMIT (Association of Developers of Software for Healthcare System).
The Russian Delegation, lead by Prof. Oleg Medvedev, (VD, Ph.D) Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology. Prof. Oleg got in touch with Luis Falcón, of GNU Solidario, around a month ago. He was coming to Argentina and wanted to learn more about the Organization of the National Health Care System in Argentina.
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| Moscow University delegation at Hospital Militar Central – Buenos Aires – |
Thanks to the help and organization of the Universidad Barceló, the Russian Delegation could get a guided tour at the Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital.
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| The delegation is received in the main hall by the authorities of the Hospital |
At the Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital, Dr. José Luis Ciucchi, Dr. Oscar Regalado and Lic. Viviana Rousseaux were in charge of the visit. The 33 delegates with the members from GNU Solidario and the Universidad Barceló were received in the main hall and then started a very interesting tour, beginning with an institutional video about the hospital.
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| Hospital Institutional video |
After that, in order to have a better idea of the hospital care system and organization, the visit continued to the laboratory, hospital rooms, main kitchen, rehab and traumatology, emergency room, operating rooms. The tour at the Hospital ended with a visit to the Museum and with a delicious lunch.
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| Questions and answers session |
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| Visiting the Hospital. Selene Cordara and Dr. Meirovich |
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| Operating Rooms Section. Dr. Luis Simes and Selene Cordara |
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| Dr. Simes, Dr. Meirovich, Dr. Medvedev, Luis Falcón |
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| Dr. Simes, Lic. Rocio Cabaleiro, Selene Cordara, Dr. Meirovich |
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| Dr. Simes and Dr. Medvedev |
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| At the Hospital Museum |
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| Lunch is served |
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| Group picture |
We would like to give a special thanks to the Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital of Buenos Aires and all the people involved in the organization for their hospitality. It was a great and very rewarding experience.
After lunch prof. Medvedev, Luis Falcón, Dr. Meirovich and Selene Cordara went to the main campus of the Universidad Barceló (Las Heras) to meet with the Dean Dr. Héctor A. Barceló, where a cooperation agreement between the two Universities was signed.
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| Signing the cooperation agreement. Dr. Héctor A. Barceló and Dr. Oleg Medvedev |
Finally we all went to the other campus where the Conferences Program started:
“GNU Health: Benefits of Free Software in Public Health” by Luis Falcón – GNU Solidario –“Latest Developments In Pharmacology and Research in Latin America” by. Dr. Roberto Baistrocchi, Dr. Aldo Perusso, Dr. Ionathan Meirovich, Dr. Crisitna Rilo – Universidad Barceló –“Remote-Nutrition: Using new Technologies applied to Education” by Laura Pets and Sofia Goldy – Universidad Barceló –“Public Health” by Dr. Hector Lombardo Lombardo, former Argentina Minister of Health.“Current State of Medical Education in Russia” by Dr. Oleg Medvedev – Faculty of Fundamental Medicine –
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| Luis Falcón and Dr. Medvedev |
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| Luis Falcón – GNU Solidario – |
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| Luis Falcón presenting GNU Health |
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| Prof. Dr. Adrian Barceló and Luis Falcón |
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| Questions and answers |
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| Luis Falcón and Dr. Medvedev at the closing session |
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| Laura Pets, Sofia Goldy, Dr. Meirovich, Dr. Cristina Riló, Dr. Medvedev |
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| Dr. Meirovich, former minister of health Dr. H. Lombardo, Dr. Medvedev |
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| Dr. Medvedev presentation |
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| Dr. Medvedev |
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| Dr. Medvedev showed a great mobile ECG and real-time cardiac monitoring devices (seen on to of the table) |
The university also gave us a chance to visit the Nutrition Department, the Library, the Anatomy Lab, the Anatomy Museum, different labs and a classroom.
It has been a very intensive day, full of emotions and knowledge. We were honored to meet Prof. Oleg and its delegation. We are pretty sure this is going to be the first step for future knowledge and business exchanges.
Our special thanks to:
Dr. Luis Simes (Universidad Barceló)Dr. Ionathan Meirovich (Universidad Barceló)Dr. Cristina Riló (Universidad Barceló)Lic. Rocio Cabaleiro (Universidad Barceló)Dr. José Luis Ciucchi (Hospital Militar “Dr. Cosme Argerich”)Dr. Oscar Regalado (Hospital Militar “Dr. Cosme Argerich”)Lic. Viviana Russeaux (Hospital Militar “Dr. Cosme Argerich”)
GNU Health at AfriHealth 30 November-1 December 2011
06 Sunday Nov 2011
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ehealth, en, free software, gnu, GNU Health, GNU solidario, health, tryton, united nations university
AfriHealth was first held in 2007 to bring together researchers, medical practitioners and ICT personnel to share information on the developments in the use of ICT to improve healthcare in Africa. We have in the past addressed the use of ICT to improve patient safety and enhance healthcare delivery in Africa.
AfriHealth 2011 will focus on current research, development and implementation of ICT technology and resources in the African Healthcare arena. A key objective of the conference, now in its fourth year, will be to share knowledge and experience from practical mobilization of ICT-based healthcare systems and projects, to showcase best practice through practical case studies and highlight potential for scaling up success stories at national and regional levels (more info: http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/74)
In this year edition, Dr. Nurhizam Safie, from the United Nations University, International Institute of Global Health (UNU-IIGH), Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia will give a workshop about Open Source Healthcare Information Systems and will talk about their experience with GNU Health and why it was chosen by the United Nations University.
At AfriHealth will also participate Dr Christoph Larsen, synaLinQ, Vietnam & Kenya (a very active member of the GNU Health community). He will be giving a speech on Addressing the fragile environment of e-health in resource-limited settings.
You can download the full program at the following link: http://bit.ly/uU4EVd
United Nations University offers courses in GNU Health
03 Thursday Nov 2011
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free software, gnu, GNU Health, GNU solidario, IIGH, tryton, UNU
The United Nations University (UNU) is the academic arm of the United Nations.
The establishment of United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) befits the role of the United Nations in the effort to resolve issues pertaining to the well being of its
people and member states.
people and member states.
The role of UNU-IIGH fulfills the needs to achieve the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) as the role transcends all the agendas as outlined in the MDGs.
UNU-IIGH is to undertake research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge related to key issues of human health. The institute seeks to contribute to the development and strengthening of health services policy frameworks and management actions, particularly for people in developing countries and to support implementation of promotive approach to human health.
GNU Health Courses at the UNU-IIGH
The UNU-IIGH offers courses on the use of GNU Health, both from the technical and functional side.
Technical Training
– Installation from scratch ( Database, Tryton and GNU Health )
– Module development and Installation
– Introduction to reporting using LibreOffice and Tryton
– Security aspects
– Introduction to the development environment ( GNU Savannah and Mercurial )
– Data security and integrity
Functional Training
– Localization ( accounting, currency, language .. )
– Workflows
– Health center administration (Finances, stock, Supply Chain Management, … )
– User profiles and groups
– Introduction to Patient Management
For more information please refer to :
Dr. Nurhizam Safie : nurhizam@unu.edu
About GNU Health
GNU Health (formerly known as “Medical”) is a free (GPL license), Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality :
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
- Hospital Information System (HIS)
- Health Information System
GNU Health is an official GNU Package and is part of GNU Solidario. GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health to emerging economies with free software.
GNU Health is the Hospital Information System chosen by the United Nations International Institute of Global Health.
Main site : health.gnu.org
Governments hosting GNU Health through their portals :
GNU Health at Hospital Italiano – Buenos Aires –
01 Tuesday Nov 2011
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EMR, en, free software, gnu, GNU Health, GNU solidario, HMIS, medical informatics, open source, tryton
This afternoon, in the context of the VI Jornadas Universitarias de Sistemas de Información en Salud (Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires), GNU Solidario participated with a presentation of GNU Health.
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| Luis Falcón at Hospital Italiano |
The lectures about Open Source and Free Software Tools in Medical Informatics, coordinated by Dr. Fernando Plazzotta, started at 2:00 pm. There were many participants who presented their very interesting projects and success stories, among them Dr. Jorge Rodriguez (Biolinux).
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| Dr. Fernando Plazzotta (Hospital Italiano) |
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| Dr. Jorge Rodriguez (Biolinux) |
Of course Luis Falcón gave an introductory speech about GNU Solidario and then presented GNU Health: the Free Health and Hospital Information System with its functionalities, like:
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
- Hospital Information System (HIS)
- Health Information System
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| Luis Falcón (screenshot of epidemiology) |
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| Luis Falcón (screenshot of patient management) |
We would like to give a special thanks to the Hospital Italiano for inviting us to the event.
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| Attendees |
Please feel free to contact us, we`ll be more than happy to answer all your questions !
More info: health@gnusolidario.org
GNU Health 1.4.1 released
30 Sunday Oct 2011
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ehealth, EMR, en, free software, fsf, gnu, GNU Health, GNU solidario, HMIS, Public Health, tryton
GNU Solidario is happy to announce the release of GNU Health 1.4.1, in which we have incorporated support for PyPI, the Python Package Index
This version is compatible with the latest tryton release (2.2.0). Now GNU Health is also a set of python modules, fully integrated to the Python community.
Thanks to the magic of pip, and the help of the Tryton community ( Cedric Krier, et al ), installing the latest GNU Health version is as easy as running
pip install –user trytond_health_profile
This will install the requirements ( the tryton server and all the standard GNU Health modules ) automatically and in your “$HOME/.local” directory. I will be updating the installation process at the wiki today.
The main site is the GNU Savannah where all the development and discussion takes place.
There are many improvements, bug fixes and news features, some of them :
- CalDav compatibility (it allows complex calendar views and settings for appointments and hospitalizations)
- Support for JSON RPC protocol
- Fully Tryton 2.2 compatible
- Enhanced Medication form
- New Medicament categories
- Medication pregnancy category
- Included the latest WHO essential medicines (17th edition)
- New translation engine (to be used with .po format)
- Improve Laboratory model and functionality
Thanks to all of you for contributing with your code, testing, translating and documenting the project !
About GNU Health
GNU Health (formerly known as “Medical”) is a free (GPL license), Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality :
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
- Hospital Information System (HIS)
- Health Information System
GNU Health is an official GNU Package and is part of GNU Solidario. GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health to emerging economies with free software.
GNU Health is the Hospital Information System chosen by the United Nations International Institute of Global Health.
Main site : health.gnu.org
Governments hosting GNU Health through their portals :
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