2011 Free Software Awards announced

29 Thursday Mar 2012

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by Matt Lee — Published on Mar 26, 2012 12:41 PM  
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Monday, March 26th, 2012 — Free Software Foundation president Richard M. Stallman announced the winners of the FSF’s annual free software awards at a ceremony on Sunday, March 25th, held during the LibrePlanet 2012 conference at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
The Award for the Advancement of Free Software is given annually to an individual who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of free software.

Yukihiro Matsumoto and Richard Stallman.
This year, it was given to Yukihiro Matsumoto (aka Matz), the creator of the Ruby programming language. Matz has worked on GNU, Ruby, and other free software for over 20 years. He accepted the award in person and spoke at the conference on his early experiences with free software, especially the influence of GNU Emacs on Ruby.
Yukihiro Matsumoto joins a distinguished list of previous winners:
  • 2010 Rob Savoye
  • 2009 John Gilmore
  • 2008 Wietse Venema
  • 2007 Harald Welte
  • 2006 Ted Ts’o
  • 2005 Andrew Tridgell
  • 2004 Theo de Raadt
  • 2003 Alan Cox
  • 2002 Lawrence Lessig
  • 2001 Guido van Rossum
  • 2000 Brian Paul
  • 1999 Miguel de Icaza
  • 1998 Larry Wall
The Award for Projects of Social Benefit is presented to the project or team responsible for applying free software, or the ideas of the free software movement, in a project that intentionally and significantly benefits society in other aspects of life. This award stresses the use of free software in the service of humanity.

Luis Falcon and Richard Stallman.
This year, the award went to GNU Health, a free software project that works with health professionals around the world to improve the lives of the underprivileged. GNU Health has been adopted as the Health and Hospital Information System of choice by the United Nations University. Luis Falcon, the president of GNU Solidario (the organization behind GNU Health), was present to accept the award on behalf of the project.
GNU Health joins an impressive list of previous winners:
  • 2010 Tor
  • 2009 Internet Archive
  • 2008 Creative Commons
  • 2007 Groklaw
  • 2006 Sahana Disaster Management System
  • 2005 Wikipedia
This year’s award committee was: Suresh Ramasubramanian, Peter H. Salus, Wietse Venema, Raj Mathur, Hong Feng, Andrew Tridgell, Jonas Oberg, Vernor Vinge, Richard Stallman, Fernanda G. Weiden, Harald Welte, and Rob Savoye.

About the Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users’ right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants — and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF’s work can be made at http://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.

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GNU Health en El Salvador

28 Wednesday Mar 2012

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El Observatorio de políticas Públicas del Centro de Investigaciones y Desarrollo en Salud, CENSALUD  (OPPS-CENSALUD)  de la Universidad de El Salvador y el Ministerio de Salud, invitan al primer congreso  “La reforma de salud como política de salud en El salvador: un desafío desde  el OPPS”, a realizarse los días 29 y 30 de marzo de 2012.

GNU Solidario fue invitado a este evento en el que su presidente, Luis Falcón, participará activamente.

GNU Health en la prensa española y extranjera

27 Tuesday Mar 2012

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La prensa Española hoy se ha hecho eco del premio que la Free Software Foundation le otorgó a Luis Falcón por GNU Health, como Premio al mejor Proyecto Social de Software Libre. 
Luis Falcón y Richard Stallman
Links:
http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/free-software-foundation-otorga-canario-luis-falc%C3%B3n-premio-123023799.html

http://noticias.lainformacion.com/economia-negocios-y-finanzas/software/free-software-foundation-otorga-al-canario-luis-falcon-su-premio-al-mejor-proyecto-social-de-2011_LjmTSGOnXNSOYraroL3Bs/ 
 
http://somoslibres.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5372 

http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=1133409

http://jalame.com/gran-canaria/free-software-foundation-otorga-al-canario-luis-falcon-su-premio-al-mejor-proyecto-social-de-2011/alert/6/

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?Id=254801

http://www.que.es/las-palmas/201203271430-free-software-foundation-otorga-canario-epi.html

http://www.noticias.com/free-software-foundation-otorga-al-canario-luis-falcon-su-premio-al-mejor-proyecto-social.1641319

http://www.tecnologiaslibres.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19980&Itemid=52&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TecnologasLibres_Novedades+%28Tecnolog%C3%ADas+Libres+-+Novedades%29

http://softwaredesarrollo.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/premian-un-sistema-libre-de-gestion-hospitalaria-ideado-por-un/

http://iberoamerica.net/espana/prensa-generalista/terra.es/20120327/noticia.html?id=8q542oj

http://paper.li/juandoming#!science

http://www.laspalmasdegrancanaria.net/Cultura/Free-Software-Foundation-otorga-al-canario-Luis-Falcon-su-premio-al-Mejor-Proyecto-Social-de-2011.php

http://www.cenatic.es/hemeroteca-de-cenatic/3-sobre-el-sector-del-sfa/39840-free-software-foundation-otorga-al-canario-luis-falcon-su-premio-al-mejor-proyecto-social-de-2011

http://www.scoop.it/t/noticias-tic-salud

http://www.economiadehoy.com/periodico/portada/free_software_foundation_otorga_canario_luis_falcon_premio_mejor_proyecto_social-31259.html 
  
http://cnbeta.com/articles/179762.htm
  
http://www.mcnix.de/?q=aggregator
  
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Free-Software-Awards-fuer-Ruby-und-GNU-Health-1486643.html

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GNU Health wins the FSF Award for Projects of Social Benefit

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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We are extremely proud to announce that GNU Health just won the Award for Projects of Social Benefits, at LIBREPLANET 2012, Boston.

The Free Software Foundation gave GNU Health the Award for Projects of Social Benefits ! I want to share with all of you committed to free software as a tool for social justice and equity. I also want to share it with the health professionals who work daily on improve the lives of the most needy. Luis Falcón

The Free Software Foundation gives this Award  to a project that intentionally and significantly benefits society through collaboration to accomplish an important social task.

Luis Falcón and Richard Stallman 



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GNU Health gana el Premio de la FSF como Mejor Proyecto de Beneficio Social

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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Estamos muy contentos de comunicarles que GNU Health acaba de ganar el Premio como Mejor Proyecto de Beneficio Social en LIBREPLANET 2012, Boston.
“La Free Software Foundation galardonó GNU Health con el Premio a Mejor Proyecto de Beneficio Social ! Quiero compartirlo con todos ustedes que están comprometidos con el Software Libre y lo utilizan como herramienta para la justicia social y equidad. También quiero compartirlo con los profesionales de la salud que trabajan diariamente en mejorar las vidas de los más necesitados” Luis Falcón

La Free Software Foundation otorga este premio a un proyecto que beneficia la sociedad, internacionalmente y de manera significativa, gracias a la cooperación para lograr una tarea social tan importante.

Luis Falcón y Richard Stallman 



Más fotos en los próximos días !
 

GNU Health MDG 6 and NTDs

18 Sunday Mar 2012

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Introduction

The United Nations signed in September 2000 the Millennium Declaration, to fight poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women .

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) has derived from the Millennium declaration and it has 8 goals. MDG 6 focuses on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
On the other hand, there is 1 billion (1,000 million) people living with tropical infectious diseases that could represent the “other diseases” part of the MDG 6. This group is named Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).  These are diseases of the poorest, that makes them socially excluded and stigmatized. 
GNU Solidario believes that Free Software is a key factor to accomplish these goals. GNU Health, the Free Health and Hospital Information System will help the health centers, researches, NGOs and professionals and volunteers to eradicate these devastating diseases.
What are GNU Health MDG 6 and GNU Health NTDs ?

health_mdg6 is a GNU Health module that incorporates the Millennium Development Goal # 6, to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases 

GNU Health will incorporate the specific functionality to help prevent, diagnose, treat and control each of these devastating diseases.
The health_mdg6 module will maintain the multi-disciplinary approach, providing tools to the social worker, nurse, biochemist, laboratory , pharmacist, epidemiologist and physician, integrating the health professional into the community.
So, for example, upon a new possible case of active Tuberculosis (TB), GNU Health will execute the following actions : Detect and notify the contacts of the patient; Start profilaxis treatment on contacts ; Create a new laboratory order for culture and antibiogram and check for the strain resistance ; verify the DOTS (Direct Observed Treatment Short) on the patient ; Check the stock for the PPD test-kits and do a forecast for the existing anti-tuberculosis medicaments; Check for availability of special rooms if there is need for hospitalization; inform the health authorities of a new case; start a new prevention campaign.
The health_ntd will cover the Neglected Tropical Diseases.
What diseases will cover GNU Health MDG 6 and NTD?

health_mdg6. The diseases stated in first part the WHO MDG 6: 
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Malaria
  • Tuberculosis
health_ntds. Neglected Tropical diseases that affect 1 billion (1000 million) people. Diseases are dynamic by nature, so the list can include emerging diseases at any time, but the initial list will contain :

  • Guinea Worm
  • Lymphatic Filariasis
  • Blinding Trachoma
  • Sleeping Sickness
  • Leprosy
  • Soil Transmitted-Helminths
  • Schistosomiasis
  • River Blindness
  • Chagas
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis
  • Dengue
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)

GNU Health Decision Support on Prescription Writing

23 Thursday Feb 2012

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In this entry I will briefly talk about how GNU Health can help the professional in making the best decision, and how to minimize mistakes.
I will focus in prescription writing and how we’re incorporating DS (Decision Support) to GNU Health.
GNU Health uses the WHO (World Health Organization) essential list of medicines by default, so you already have a very nice and updated set for your daily practice.
The medicament model incorporates the pregnancy category. In this case, we have opted for the FDA pregnancy categories, but you can configure GNU Health to use another categorization system.
In the next screenshot, you can see a list of medicines, with an specific color, that specifies the pregnancy category. That visual aid quickly differentiate those medicaments to avoid use in pregnancy (all in categories D and – especially category X ), from those that will be generally safe to use (such as those in categories A and B ).
 
Color encoded WHO list of essential medicines by FDA pregnancy category
So, from that very starting point, you have GNU Health assisting you visually to choose the right drug. 
After you have finished the prescription writing process, GNU Health does different checks in relation to the patient you are writing the prescription.
In its simplest form, let’s check the next example. GNU Health checks the patient sex and age, and determines the risks associated to that patient. In this case, the patient belongs to a potential childbearing / fertile group. So, GNU Health will set a verification flag and will remind the health professional to ask the patient basic but very important questions about the patient status, such as :
– Is she pregnant
– Is the patient planning to become pregnant
– In the case of pregnancy, in which trimester is she in
In other words, GNU Health will stop us from making the prescription until we have verified that what we are prescribing is an educated and thoughtful decision, the best possible for our patient.
By the way GNU Health keeps record of the gynecological and obstetric status of the patient, but this might be the first encounter or her medical record might be in another center that has some dark privative software that does not share the information 😉
GNU Health prescription verification process in specific patients
Of course, the ultimate decision will always be on the doctor. This type of Decision support we aim to minimize common pitfalls due to fatigue, inexperience, etcetera that can jeopardize the wellbeing of the patient.

Many thanks to Dr. Christoph Larsen and Andrew Gledhill (NHS) that have helped me in the process.

We will definitely enhance the Decision Support from GNU Health, such as in the clinical context, always keeping simplicity and just as a guiding / aiding tool for the professional.

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)

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