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GNU Health upcoming version 2.0

19 Wednesday Jun 2013

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The upcoming GNU Health version 2.0, will come with a new demographics section. This will improve and speed up data entry at the front desk, and differentiates individual vs patient information. It will also improve data collection for better Primary Care campaigns.
 

Another new feature of the upcoming version will be the integration with OpenStreetMap ! It can visualize the exact location of any Domiciliary Unit in your operational sector around the world. Thanks to the OSM integration, we can now early identify disease outbreaks, improve epidemiology and demographic studies and many other actions to improve public health. 


GNU Health en COMISCA 2013

07 Friday Jun 2013

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Queridos amigos

Les envío el enlace de la presentación que hoy he tenido el honor de realizar en en la Sala Regional de Situación de Salud del Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centro América (COMISCA), celebrada en San Salvador. La presentación se centró en APS y salud materno-infantil.

Versión Español : COMISCA 2013
http://health.gnu.org/downloads/media/GNU_Health_COMISCA_2013.pdf

Hace unas semanas hice una presentación con una temática similar en la sesión de eHealth de la Union Internacional de Telecomunicaciones  / Organización Mundial de la Salud en Ginebra. Aprovecho para dejarles el enlace:

English version:
Resumen de la presentación en  International Telecomunications Union /
World Health Organization – WSIS 2013. 
Versión en Español:
Muchas gracias a los que directa o indirectamente son parte de este proyecto !
Thank you very much to those who are, directly or indirectly, part of this project !
Luis Falcon
President, GNU Solidario
http://health.gnu.org

Reflexiones acerca de GNU Health en la sesión de la UIT – OMS WSIS 2013

27 Monday May 2013

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From Luis Falcon’s blog (english version)
En este mes de mayo he tenido el gran privilegio de ser invitado a participar como ponente en la sesión de la Unión Internacional de las Telecomunicaciones (UIT) y de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) : “TICs para la Mejora de la Información y Responsabilidades de la Salud Materno-Infantil” en la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información – WSIS 2013 Forum.

 
El titulo de mi presentación fue: “GNU Health: Mejorando la Salud de Niños y Madres con el Software Libre” y se realizó el día 14 de mayo, con una transmisión de la misma en vivo por Internet.
Oficinas Centrales de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en Ginebra

No puedo dejar de pensar en los tremendos niveles de mortalidad materno-infantil, la mayoría por enfermedades prevenibles. Estos pensamientos son el motor principal para el desarrollo de GNU Health, una herramienta con Software Libre que puede mejorar la salud de millones de personas en países en desarrollo.

Opening Session en WSIS 2013
GNU Health tiene su foco principal en la Atención Primaria y en la Declaración de Alma Ata. Nosotros solo cambiamos una letra de esa declaración, transformando el original “Salud para Todos” en “e-Salud para Todos”.

Tily Martín y Miguel Falcón de GNU Solidario

De esta manera luchamos para que la Salud y e-Salud sean un bien público. Los gobiernos deberían utilizar el Software Libre como una forma de lograr políticas de Estado sostenibles en el ámbito de la salud pública.

Luis Falcón en su sesión
Es desgarrador ver a países pagar millones de dólares a corporaciones extranjeras en licencias de software privativo. Deberían mejor pensar en utilizar ese dinero para potenciar la promoción de la salud; las campañas de prevención de enfermedades, o mejorar los salarios de los profesionales de la salud o la infraestructura de muchos centros, por mencionar algunas ideas. 
Para continuar con los conceptos de la  Declaración de Alma Ata y con la Atención Primaria de la Salud, la tecnología médica debe ser accesible, asequible y factible. No es necesario adquirir sistemas costosos o de ciencia ficción, en la Atención de la Salud lo que necesitamos son herramientas asequibles y eficaces.

Tily Martín, Dr. Alberto Lazzero y Luis Falcón

En mi charla presenté el caso de la implementación de GNU Health en un Hospital Público de Entre Ríos, Argentina. GNU Health gestiona los datos demográficos de la ciudad, la información socioeconómica de las familias, las evaluaciones de los pacientes, los análisis de  laboratorio, farmacia y stock, hospitalización, contabilidad financiera y RRHH, para mencionar algunos de los procesos utilizados. El centro sólo tuvo que invertir en la compra de computadoras para las oficinas de los profesionales de la salud.

Dr. Jordi Serrano, Luis Falcon y Sr. Hani Eskandar

La informática medica es sólo una herramienta para optimizar el profesional de la salud, los centros de salud y las autoridades sanitarias. No es ciencia ficción y no debe reemplazar el factor humano. El rol del profesional de la salud, integrado con los pacientes, las familias y la sociedad es insustituible.

He tenido el honor de compartir el panel con la Dra. Véronique Thouvenot (ITU), el Dr. Misha Kay (WHO eHealth Unit), el Sr. Hani Eskandar (ITU), el Dr. Ousmane Ly (National Mali Telemedicine Agency), el Dr. Jordi Serrano Pons (UniversalDoctors) y el Prof. Peter Bruck ( World Summit Award).

Ponentes sesión sobre eSalud
Mi agradecimiento a la Unión Internacional de las Comunicaciones (IUT) y a la Organización Mundial de la Salud (WHO) por invitarme a un evento tan importante y por poner el Software Libre (FLOSS) en el orden del día. El Software Libre mantiene viva la Declaración Alma Ata y La Atención Primaria de la Salud, aportando equidad y universalidad. La Salud debería seguir siendo un derecho humano no negociable y, la comunidad del software libre, debería ser un elemento clave para lograr este objetivo.

Algunos enlaces:
About GNU Health

GNU Health es un Sistema Libre de Gestión Hospitalaria y de Información de la Salud con las siguientes funcionalidades:

  •     Expediente Médico Electrónico (EMR
  •     Sistema de Gestión Hospitalaria (HIS)
  •     Sistema de Información de Salud
En 2012 GNU Health ha sido galardonado como mejor Proyecto para Beneficio Social 2011 por la Free Software Foundation.
En 2013, GNU Health ha recibido los premios como  Software Libre mas revolucionario y software con mayor potencial de crecimiento por el  PortalProgramas.

GNU Health es un  Paquete Oficial GNU , y es parte de GNU Solidario. GNU Solidario en una ONG que entrega educación y salud con software libre a países en vía de desarrollo. GNU Health es un sistema de Gestión Hospitalaria y de Información de la Salud elegido por las Naciones Unidas y el International Institute of Global Health. GNU Solidario y la Universidad de Naciones Unidas, International Institute for Global Health han firmado un acuerdo para implementar y enseñar GNU Health a nivel mundial.

Reflections from GNU Health at WHO – ITU session WSIS 2013

26 Sunday May 2013

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This month of May we had the immense privilege to be a guest speaker in the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Communication Union (ITU) session “ICT for Improving Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health” at the World Summit on the Information Society – WSIS 2013 Forum.

The title of the presentation was “GNU Health : Improving Children and Mothers Lives with Free Software“.  The presentation was on May 14th, and it was transmitted live over the Internet.

At WHO headquarters in Geneva
I keep thinking about the tremendous levels of maternal and child death, most of them from preventable diseases. This thoughts are the main drive to develop GNU Health, a tool to improve the health of millions of people in developing countries with Free Software. 
At the WSIS Forum 2013 inauguration session
GNU Health has at its heart Primary Care and the Alma Ata Declaration. We only change a letter from that declaration. To the original “Health for all“, we added the “e” to become “eHealth for all“.
Tily Martin and Miguel Falcon from GNU Solidario

In this sense, we fight to make health  – and eHealth – a public good. Governments should use Free Software as a way to achieve sustainable state policies in the field of public health. 
Luis Falcon during the session
It’s heartbreaking to see countries paying millions of dollars to corporations in freedom-denying software licenses. Think about putting that money to improve health promotion and disease prevention campaigns, or to improve the salaries of the health professionals; or to improve the infrastructure of many health centers, just to name some ideas.

Keeping along the Alma Ata Declaration and Primary Health Care, medical technology should be accessible, affordable and feasible. We don’t need expensive, science fiction hardware of software, we need affordable and effective tools in health care.
 
Tily Martin, Dr. Alberto Lazzero and Luis Falcon
In the talk I presented the GNU Health implementation case of a Public Hospital in Entre Rios, Argentina. GNU Health manages the city demographics, socioeconomics, families,  patient evaluations, laboratory, stock and pharmacy, hospitalizations, financial accounting, human resources and medical imaging, to name a few processes within the health center. The health center only had to invest in buying desktops in the health professional offices.
Dr. Jordi Serrano, Luis Falcon and Mr. Hani Eskandar

Health informatics is just a tool to optimize the health professional, health center and health authorities. It’s not science fiction and should never replace the human factor. The role of the health professional, integrated with the patient, families and society is irreplaceable.

I had the honor to share the panel with Dr. Véronique Thouvenot (ITU), Dr. Misha Kay (WHO eHealth Unit), Mr. Hani Eskandar (ITU), Dr Ousmane Ly (National Mali Telemedicine Agency), Dr. Jordi Serrano Pons (UniversalDoctors) and Prof. Peter Bruck ( World Summit Award). 

eHealth Session Panelists

 
My gratitude goes to WSIS and WHO for inviting me to such an important event, and for putting Free Software (FLOSS) in the agenda. Free Software care keeps alive the Alma Ata Declaration and Primary Health Care, providing equity and universality. Health must remain a non-negotiable human right, and the free software community should be a key component to achieve this goal.

Some links :

WSIS Agenda
Pictures from Day 2 sessions

About GNU Health
GNU Health is a Free Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality: 

  • Health Information System (Demographics, Epidemiology)
  • Hospital Information System
  • Electronic Medical Record

GNU Health won the Best Project of Social Benefit from the Free Software Foundation, among other international awards.


GNU Health is an official GNU Package , and is part of GNU Solidario, an NGO that delivers health with free software. GNU Solidario and the United Nations University, International Institute for Global Health have signed an agreement to implement and to train Health professionals GNU Health around the world.

GNU Health was presented at the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Communication Union (ITU) session “ICT for Improving Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health” at the World Summit on the Information Society – WSIS 2013 Forum in Geneva.

Main site : health.gnu.org

 

University of West Indies, Jamaica, joins GNU Health

24 Friday May 2013

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We are very pleased to announce that the University of West Indies has joined the GNU Health‘s Community !
GNU Solidario and UWI are starting this cooperation working closely on GNU Health’s development and deployment in the region.
The University of the West Indies is a dynamic, international institution serving the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean (Anguilla, Antigua/Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands).
UWI’s mission is to unlock West Indian potential for economic and cultural growth by high quality teaching and research aimed at meeting critical regional needs, by providing West Indian society with an active intellectual centre and by linking the West Indian community with distinguished centres of research and teaching in the Caribbean and overseas. 
UWI recognises that as a regional university supported by the West Indian peoples, and as the sole local organ equipped to meet local requirements and to relate its own developmental programmes to them, it should give priority to regional needs (…).
It’s wonderful to see how the GNU Health’s community is growing. We need to deliver more Health and Education with Free Software !

World Summit on the Information Society

26 Friday Apr 2013

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We are extremely proud to announce our presence at the World Summit on the Information Society on May 14th. 2013, in Geneva.

Luis Falcón will present “GNU Health: Improving Children and Mothers lives with Free Software. A new approach in Primary Care.” at the Action Line C7 Interactive Facilitation Meeting on eHealth: ICT for Improving Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health. 
This session will feature some of the innovative ICT applications for Maternal and Child Health and highlight efforts of national and international organizations to foster the use of ICT to better implement the recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health.
We hope to see you in Geneva !
 

GNU Health at Med-e-Tel 2013

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

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We are proud to invite  you GNU Health stand at Med-e-Tel 2013: the official event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH).
Through this event, the ISfTeH facilitates the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth in order to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide. That’s why GNu Health has been invited to participate as The Free Health and Hospital Information System.

Med-e-Tel focuses on e-Health and telemedicine applications and a wide range of other medical ICT applications and on the convergence of information and communication technology with medical applications, which lead to higher quality of care, cost reductions, workflow efficiency, and widespread availability of healthcare services.

Do not forget to check the list of Med-e-Tel 2013 sponsors and exhibitors, it will be a very productive event.

Med-e-Tel 2013 will allow you to see and test hands-on a number of Telemedicine and eHealth products and solutions from companies around the world. The event will also feature several international organizations and institutions who are active in Telemedicine/eHealth research, implementation and funding or who create global networking opportunities across geographical and professional boundaries.

We’ll see you all in Luxembourg !

Richard Stallman at IWEEE 2013 . Webm format

21 Thursday Feb 2013

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Just wanted to share Richard Stallman’s interview at the GNU Solidario‘s International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies – IWEEE 2013 -. (in Spanish)
As Richard and the Free Software community request, the following video is in encoded in WebM format.

The video in webm format can also be downloaded here  : http://www.iweee.org/presentations/2013-las_palmas/IWEEE_2013_stallman.webm
IWEEE is the annual GNU Solidario workshop that focuses in Free Software solutions for the health care sector, especially for developing countries. 

This year we had speakers from :

  • UNESCO chair of Telemedicine
  • The Free Software Foundation
  • Doctors without Borders
  • ZoHE
  • Thymbra
  • El Salvador Health Ministry
  • Caritas
  • GNU Solidario
  • Red Cros
  • MedFloss
  • University of Georgia
  • EpSOS -. The European eHealth Project
  • Ingenia
  • BikaLabs
  • BrainOS

IWEEE keeps getting bigger and better ! Thanks to all of you who contributed to this great workshop and we’re looking forward to seeing you at IWEEE 2014 !