GNU Health in Laos

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It was a great experience to see the advances in the GNU Health implementation at the Center of Medical Rehabilitation (CMR) in Laos. 
It’s always such a pleasure and honor to see how GNU Health can make a change and help public health. Our appreciation to the Director of the Center, Khamphet Manivong, along with Bounmy Sihaphom, Sisouvanh Sangbouaboulom and Anousak Souphavanh, IT consultants from Calat.

Call for Papers IWEEE 2015 : Social Medicine – People before Patients –

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The International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies (IWEEE) is an annual conference for Free (Freedom) Software in Healthcare and Social Medicine advocates.

The workshop promotes Free Software as an effective and ethical solution to provide universality and equity in health care.

This year the theme of IWEEE is “People before Patients”. We will put the attention on health promotion and disease prevention. 

Share your government experiences and ideas, such as how your government is improving Public Health with Free Software, or personal health devices using open hardware.
IWEEE is a non-profit event organized by GNU SOLIDARIO.
If you are interested to participate, please submit your presentation at: papers@iweee.org

If you want to sponsor the event, please contact us via: sponsors@iweee.org

Please feel free to share this information with others people who may be interested.

*Deadline*

 If you wish to participate to the call for papers/posters :

*Abstract* *submission*: no later than 1st of August 2015

We hope to see you in Las Palmas !

Shuttleworth Foundation grant

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Dear Free Software community:

I got great news … I won a Shuttleworth Foundation grant !

I was notified at the airport on my way back from the Medical Informatics Europe 2015 (MIE 2015). This was at 5:00 in the morning, so a great way to start the day 🙂
During the flight from Madrid to Las Palmas, I thought on where would be the best project to put the grant resources. After some thought, I came to the decision of using them on the research and integration of  Free Hardware in GNU Health .
Initially, I will work on integrating Arduino with e-Health sensors into GNU Health. The functionality should allow recording real-time clinical information, such as Oxygen saturation (pulse oximetry) and heart frequency. I will also work on the ECG sensor.
I want to express my gratitude to the Shuttleworth foundation and their Fellows who have chosen me. In a world full of greed and lobbyists, it’s great to see that there are people and organizations that do care for social projects ! It is a immense honor for me to receive the grant, and I make it extensive for the GNU Health and Free Software community.
I will keep you posted, and let keep fighting for Freedom and Equity in Healthcare !
 

GNU Health at LIBREPLANET 2015

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Dr. Luis Falcón at LIBREPLANET 2015 will be presenting on March 22nd. 15:25 – 16:10 Session Block 5B:

GNU Health: improving public health care with free software”

… LibrePlanet is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts. LibrePlanet brings together software developers, policy experts, activists and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments and face challenges to software freedom … This year, the theme of LibrePlanet is “Free Software Everywhere.” 
[ LibrePlanet 2015 — Free Software Everywhere]                                            

GNU Health at Harvard – MIT Health Sciences and Technology

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We’re very happy to announce that within the framework of “Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care”, at Harvard – MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Luis Falcon will be presenting the GNU Health Project
The presentation will be on February 27th – 10:10AM EST and they will be live-streaming the sessions.

See all the 2015 speakers.

http://sana.mit.edu/hst936/

GNU Health at I Summit H20 2015 – Humanization of Healthcare. La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)

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CATAI – UNESCO Chair on Telemedicine, Tenerife (Spain) is organizing the I Summit H20 2015 – Humanization of Healthcare.
http://www.teide.net/catai/i_summit_h2o_2015/index_es.html#

GNU Health will be presenting on February 13th. 3PM

http://health.gnu.org/