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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 



More pics in the next few days !

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 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 Reporting

05 Sunday Feb 2012

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In the last blog I talked about the QR codes integration in GNU Health.
Today I am very happy to  show a couple of reports from GNU Health, done in the Tryton (Relatorio and Libre Office) framework.
In GNU Health you can generate complex dynamic reports. In the next two examples, the patient and newborn information is displayed. Some of the information is encoded in the QR code.

Patient ID card report on GNU Health

Tryton allows you to create dynamic LibreOffice reports, and these two examples show how we can embed functions, real-time graphics or change the font color depending on the gender of the patient, to name a few capabilities of this great environment.
Newborn wristband Identification, with all the information encoded in QR

We show again how Free Software (Tryton, Libre Office, Python, Postgresql, GNU/Linux, … ) allow us doing anything we need. So, please use Free software. It’s ethical.  

We fight for equity in Health care, and one way of doing so is by using Free Software !

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)

QR codes in GNU Health

03 Friday Feb 2012

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QR (Quick Response) codes are great, versatile matrix-encoded graphs. Unlike traditional bar codes, they allow to store a lot more information and can be read from most mobile devices.
GNU Health, the Free Health and Hospital Information System now supports QR codes, which will have many uses. To name a few :

  • Patient identification
  • Newborn identification and wristband
  • Electronic prescriptions
  • Health promotion and disease prevention
  • Health center Inventory control
So, anyone with a camera enabled tablet, game console or cell phone can read QR codes. This generates a great scenario for Health promotion. 
We now can have posters in health centers or schools , providing the guidelines for prevention of obesity, diabetes, tuberculosis, HIV, teenage pregnancy, etcetera, all of them with  the proper links with the proper links  so they can be read at home. They can be shared among friends or social networks.
Here is a small demo that you can scan with your favorite QR reader. 
In GNU Health, we have found that all the items enumerated above will help all parties. From the social worker, the health professional, the patient, the families and the ministry of health.
Example on how GNU Health encodes newborn information using QR codes 
There are many applications in the social and medical fields that we can encode in this format, so please give us your feedback and we’ll be happy to incorporate it !
We fight for equality in health care, and incorporating QR codes into GNU Health is just one more step forward.
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 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) , OSOR

  • Brazil: Portal do Software Público Brasileiro (SPB)

IWEEE 2012 Granada : Summary

20 Friday Jan 2012

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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.

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).

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.

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.

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!!

Round Table: Thang Dao
Cesar Brod, government of Brazil, who has been with us since the first edition of IWEEE.

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. 

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.

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 !
Selene