MEDICAL welcomes Tryton !

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.

About Medical

Medical is a free (GPL license), centralized Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality :
  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  • Hospital Information System (HIS)
  • Health Information System
Medical is part of GNU Solidario ( http://gnusolidario.org/en ) . GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health solutions with free software.


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Pediatric Symptoms Checklist – PSC – in MEDICAL

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” 

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.

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

About Medical

Medical is a free (GPL license), centralized Health and Hospital Information System for OpenERP that provides the following functionality :
  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  • Hospital Information System (HIS)
  • Health Information System
Medical is part of GNU Solidario ( http://gnusolidario.org/en ) . GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health solutions with free software.


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MEDICAL : Enhanced Neonatology and Newborn Identification

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.

Newborn barcoded wristband created by MEDICAL
The identification band will have a unique barcode that can be checked by the institution security personnel at anytime. 

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 :

  • Multiple APGAR tests
  • Automatic APGAR score
  • Newborn reflexes, 
  • Improved sign and symptoms
  • New newborn tests

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 !

About Medical

Medical is a free (GPL license), centralized Health and Hospital Information System for OpenERP that provides the following functionality :
  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  • Hospital Information System (HIS)
  • Health Information System
Medical is part of GNU Solidario ( http://gnusolidario.org/en ) . GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health solutions with free software.


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Thymbra OpenERP academia .- May 2011

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

Thymbra acquires Open Unit

20 Sunday Mar 2011

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Thymbra has acquired Open Unit Solutions, a company specialized in Free Software. This acquisition positions Thymbra as the company leader in Free Software consulting in Latin America.

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.

Our Medical Informatics division develops open source solutions for doctors, institutions, NGOs and country health services. We make special emphasis on helping out developing countries in improving their population health campaigns, epidemiology studies and socio-economics of their people. Proper health care must be universal for everyone of us, no matter where we live.

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.

Thymbra is OpenERP first partner in Latin America, since 2005. We work on the localization of the ERP / CRM / BI for Latin America.

IWEEE 2011 EUROPE: MOMENTUM

20 Sunday Mar 2011

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III International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies

Luxembourg
6-8 April 2011

The International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies – IWEEE – is a biannual congress held in Canary Islands, Spain and in Brazil.
Because of their geographical locations, Canary Islands links Africa, Europe and the Americas, while Brazil concentrates on the Latin America reality.

This year we have been kindly invited by Medetel to host the 3rd IWEEE workshop in Luxembourg. We are honoured and grateful to Medetel for the invitation, and there will be a special edition in Luxembourg.


We hope to see you there !

Medical 1.0.0 release

08 Tuesday Feb 2011

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Luis Falcón is pleased to announce the Medical 1.0.0 release. After more than 2 years we get the first general availability version of Medical, the Free Health and Hospital Information System.

Thanks to all of you who have committed your talent and your time to make a system that can improve the lives of people all over the world, no matter their economical status.

Medical is now installed in many places and countries, from Primary care centers in Argentina, to the United Nations University, to Hospitals in Indonesia or Africa, to name only a few.

Now with the base system settled, we will start to add new functionality in the 1.1 (development) series. Many exciting features and specialities are coming this year : Pediatrics, ophthalmology, epidemiology, nutrition, oncology, cardiology, neurology …. all for free and available to all health professionals around the globe

Today MEDICAL optimizes the promotion of health and the prevention of the disease, by having a holistic view of the patient, her family, socioeconomic status, lifestyle and clinical history. It also allows the health center to manage its resources, and the ministry of health to improve the health campaigns. Used properly, MEDICAL is a great public health tool.

Finally, thanks to the Government of the European Community, for publishing MEDICAL in their Public Software Portal, as well as our Brazilian friends, who have published MEDICAL at the Portal do Software Público Brasileiro.

Medical is part of GNU Solidario ( http://gnusolidario.org/en )
Main site : http://medical.sf.net

The United Nations University chooses MEDICAL

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.


About Medical

Medical is a free (GPL license), centralized Health and Hospital Information System for OpenERP that provides the following functionality :
  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  • Hospital Information System (HIS)
  • Health Information System
Medical is part of GNU Solidario ( http://gnusolidario.org/en ) . GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health solutions with free software.


Governments hosting Medical through their portals :

The United Nations University (UNU) has adopted MEDICAL

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.

About Medical

Medical is a free (GPL license), centralized Health and Hospital Information System for OpenERP that provides the following functionality :
  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  • Hospital Information System (HIS)
  • Health Information System
Medical is part of GNU Solidario ( http://gnusolidario.org/en ) . GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health solutions with free software.


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