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62nd IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Associations) General Assembly – Chile

16 Friday Aug 2013

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Santiago de Chile view
The Conference took place at the Catholic University of Chile, in Santiago, between August 01-07th, 2013. This year, as part of the recently established “ISfTeH & IFMSA Partnership”, the ISfTeH (International Society of Telemedicine & eHealth) organized an “eHealth Symposium”, on August 1st.
Dr. Etienne, Director of OPS-OMS and Dr. Jaime Mañalich Health Minister of Chile at the Opening Ceremony and Dinner Gala
I was invited as an ISfTeH FLOSS Working Group representative, together with Mr. Frank Lievens and Mr. Adolfo Sparenberg, ISfTeH Board Members.
The “ISfTeH & IFMSA eHealth Symposium”, on August 1st, counted with both our local and remote presentations by very active and recognized ISfTeH members: Dr. Etienne Saliez, Dr. Monika Hübler, Eng. Thomas Karopka.
Dr. Etienne, Director of OPS-OMS at the Opening Ceremony
On August 2nd we attended 2 sessions:
– IFMSA GA WG Session on Public Health Strategies: Where I presented the GNU Health Project and Adolfo Sparenberg presented the Public Telecardiology Project RS State/Brazil. The focus of this session was to introduce new opportunities and strategies which can contribute to the improvement of public health assistance. Around 40 IFMSA delegates, representing different countries, were part of the audience.
Sebastián Marró – GNU Health – AIFMSA GA WG Session on Public Health Strategies
– IFMSA Telemedicine Session- Round table meeting at the Catholic University of Chile: This activity was characterized as a practical activity aiming to identify students interested in telehealth matters and also as an attempt to organize a group of IFMSA national members for the establishment of an “eHealth working group”.
Sebastián Marró with IFMSA LORMA Maria Aroca
Sebastián Marró with Mr. Frank Lievens and Mr. Adolfo Sparenberg at the Opening Ceremony
I would like to thank Frank Lievens and Adolfo Sparenberg for inviting me to take part of this important activity jointly promoted by the ISfTeH and IFMSA and gave me the opportunity to introduce GNU Health and the Free Software concept to students from all over the world.
Sebastián Marró

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 !

GNU Health versión 1.6 liberada

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

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English version from Luis Falcon’s blog
Estoy orgulloso de anunciar la salida de las series 1.6 de GNU Health !

Estas series vienen con muchas características nuevas e interesantes tanto a nivel técnico como funcional.

Desde el punto de vista técnico, la más importante es la compatibilidad con Tryton 2.4 y la demo del database, de manera que usted podrá testearlo con los datos.

Desde el lado funcional hubo mejoras en el módulo ginecológico, especialmente en términos de screening (mamografía, PAP test, colposcopía …) y en la historia clínica.
Ha habido cambios importantes en la funcionalidad de los servicios y facturación, facilitando el seguimiento de todos los servicios realizados a un paciente y de lo que estaría sujeto a facturación.
Otras características de las series 1.6, en breve:
  • Compatible con Tryton 2.4
  • Reporte completo de la Historia Clínica del Paciente en LibreOffice
  • Incluye demo database con mas de 500 pacientes 
  • Tablas y gráficos estadísticos en tiempo real
  • Asignación automática del doctor en las evaluaciones de los pacientes
  • Añade Screening Historia Ginecológica – Mamografía, PAP y colposcopía
  • Mejora de evaluación del paciente, diagnóstico diferencial y condiciones secundarias
  • Añade grupos de enfermedades, muy útil para epidemiología
  • Mejor seguimiento de paciente y contacto
  • Primeros tests de laboratorio de Tuberculosis, incluidos en el módulo  MDG (Millennium Development Goal # 6 ).
Hemos incluido también el Módulo de Health servicios, 
 

Este nuevo módulo permite agrupar todos lo servicios realizados a un paciente, ya sea en el ámbito ambulatorio o de internación. Este módulo permitirá también al Centro de Salud facturar servicios determinados a un party específico (paciente, compañía de seguro …). Dado que los servicios están vinculados a los productos, el centro de salud mantendrá un registro detallado de los medicamentos e insumos utilizados. Podrán también relacionar las órdenes de laboratorio.

Gracias a todos ustedes que han contribuido a esta nueva versión de GNU Health. Gracias a la comunidad Tryton para la gran versión Tryton 2.4; a mis compañeros de Thymbra para desarrollar el módulo de gráficos / reportes (Sebastián), por trabajar  en la documentación y testing (Cristina y Selene) y, por supuesto, a toda la comunidad de GNU Health y GNU para adoptar y hosting nuestro proyecto !
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
GNU Health ha sido galardonado con el Mejor Proyecto de Beneficio Social por la Free Software Foundation en 2012.

GNU Health es un paquete oficial GNU Package, elegido por Richard Stallman, y es parte de GNU Solidario. GNU Solidario es una NGO que ofrece soluciones para la educación y la salud con el software libre.

GNU Health es el Sistema de Información Hospitalario elegido por  el International Institute of Global Health de las Naciones Unidas.

Pagina web : health.gnu.org

Gobiernos que acogen a GNU Health en sus portales :

European Commission (EU) , JoinUp
 
Brazil: Portal do Software Público Brasileiro (SPB)

GNU Health 1.6 series released

04 Monday Jun 2012

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From Luis Falcon`s blog:

I’m proud to announce GNU Health 1.6 series !

This series brings a lot of exciting features, both from the technical and functional point of views.
On the technical side, the most important one is the compatibility with Tryton 2.4, and the demo database, so you can test it with data.

On the functional side, improvements in the gynecology module, especially in terms of screening (mammography, PAP tests, colposcopies… ) and history taking.
There has been major changes in the services and billing functionality, making easy the tracking of all the services done to a patient, and what would be subject to invoicing.

Evaluations per doctor chart in GNU Health

Some of the features in the 1.6 series, in brief :
  • Compatible with Tryton 2.4
  • Full Patient clinical history reporting in LibreOffice
  • Included demo database with over 500 patients 
  • Realtime charts and statistics graphics
  • Automatic  doctor assignment in patient evaluations
  • Add Gynecological Screening History – Mammography, PAP and colposcopy
  • Improve patient evaluation , differential diagnosis and secondary conditions
  • Add disease groups, very useful for epidemiology
  • Better patient and contact tracking
  • Initial Tuberculosis lab tests, included in the MDG (Millennium Development Goal # 6 ) module.
We have also included the Health services module,
Health Services form in GNU Healt
This new module allows to group all the services done to a patient, in either ambulatory or inpatient settings. The module will give the health center the possibility to also invoice selected services to a specific party (patient, insurance company .. ). Since the services are linked to products, the health center will keep a detailed record of the drugs and consumables used. They will also be able to relate the lab orders.

Thank you to all of you who have contributed to this new version of GNU Health. Thanks to the Tryton community for the great Tryton 2.4; to my colleagues from Thymbra for developing the graphics / reporting module (Sebastián), working on the documenation and testing (Cristina and Selene) and, of course, to all the GNU Health and GNU community for adopting and hosting our project !

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 has been awarded the Best Project of Social Benefit from the Free Software Foundation in 2012.

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)

Medical goes Beta !

21 Wednesday Jul 2010

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I am happy to announce the release of the Beta version of Medical, the award-winning  free Health and Hospital Information System.

This beta version represents almost 2 years of work, with a multinational team of scientists, physicians, social workers, biochemists, pharmacists, translators and many others who have contributed their time.

Medical represents a solid alternative to proprietary systems, specially for those living in emerging economies and those helping the underprivileged. It’s a free system put on the hand of health professionals and governments to improve the lives of their citizens.

The Beta version highlights are :

  •  Strong focus in family medicine and Primary Health Care
  •  Major interest in Socio-economics (housing conditions, substance abuse, education…)
  •  Diseases and Medical procedures standards (ICD-10 / ICD-10-PCS)
  •  Patient Genetic and Hereditary risks : Over 4200 genes related to diseases (NCBI / Genecards)
  •  Epidemiological and other statistical reports
  •  Prescription writing
  •  Billing
  •  Perinatal and puerperium
  •  Inpatient / Outpatient management
  •  100% paperless patient examination and history taking
  •  Patient Administration
  •  Appointment management
  •  Doctor Administration
  •  Lab Administration
  •  Vademecum
  •  Drugs and medication
  •  Medical stock and supply chain management
  •  Hospital Financial Administration

Medical and / or  its homepage has been translated to Bahasa, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Polish and Spanish.

We are also working on the new documentation portal, that can be accessed directly from the Medical homepage

You can download and test Medical at sourceforge : http://medical.sf.net

Medical is part of GNU Solidario ( http://gnusolidario.org/en ) . GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health solutions with free software.

We’ll be presenting Medical in LinuxCon Brazil 2010, this August. You can check the current and next events here

Thanks
Luis Falcón
GNU Solidario