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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

Speakers Program IWEEE 2012 Granada: Commitment

18 Sunday Dec 2011

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On January 11th. 2012 Granada (Spain) will host the 5th edition of IWEEE: International Workshop on e-Health for Emerging Economies. 



The event will take place in the Hotel Citymar San Anton in the Hall Moraima. The conferences will start at 9 AM with the Opening Session by Luis Falcón of GNU Solidario.
We are still receiving confirmations from international speakers. The program is pretty much closed down, but if you are interested to give a speech, please send us a mail ASAP. So far we can count with participants from different international organizations.

As always, an important part of IWEEE is the Round Table. This year we have been invited to be part of the International Conference of Free Software that will be held at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos of Granada on January 12th – 2012.
So in this edition the Round Table, that this year will be an “Unconference” (in order to create the best collaborative environment for new ideas and projects) will take place in the morning of January 12th. as part of the International Conference of Free Software.

Make sure to register to the event by sending an e-mail to : info@iweee.org
January 11th , 2012 – Hotel Citymar San Anton – Granada
Time
Speaker Name
Organization
Country
Speech Title
09:00–09:15
Luis Falcón
GNU Solidario
Spain
Opening Session
09:15–09:45
Mohamed Salleh Yasin
UNU-IIGH – United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
Malaysia
Role of UNU-IIGH in Research and Capacity Building in Free Software
09:45–10:15
Nicolás Caballero
Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay
Paraguay
Open Technologies in Paraguay’s Public Health
10:15–10:45
Nurhizam Safie Bin Mohd Satar
United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
Malaysia
Free Software Hospital Information System: Sustainable Solutions for Developing Countries
10:45–11:15
Joice Käfer
 Brod Tecnologia
Brazil
Technology, an Health Approach
11:15–11:45
Coffee Break
11:4 – 12:15
Cesar Brod
Ministry of Planning – Government of Brazil
Brazil
Public Software, Public Content, Public Health
12:15–12:45
Thomas Karopka
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI)
Germany
Health informatics for development: Challenges and opportunities for free software in health care delivery
12:45–13:15
Raúl Zambrano
UNDP – United Nations Development Program
USA
Free Foftware and Human Development
13:15–13:45
Abdrahman Elkafil
Nextma and Moroccan Society for Telemedicine and Health (MSfTeH). 
Morocco
Methodology for Establishing a System of Free Software in Health in a Moroccan Care Center
13:45–15:45
Lunch Recess
15:4 – 16:15
Etienne Saliez
ISfTeH – International Society for Telemedicine and Health
Belgium
Problem Oriented Multidisciplinary Care and Informatics Object Model in low resources and Free Software Environments
16:15–16:45
Aljunid Syed Mohamed
UNU-IIGH – United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
Malaysia
Casemix System on Free Software Platform: Ensuring Sustainability in Social Insurance Scheme
16:45–17:15
Luis Falcón
GNU Solidario
Spain
GNU Health 2.0
Thursday 12th – Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos
Round Table IWEEE Unconference : “Commitment” – Level of Free Software Adoption in Governments and Public Health
We hope to see you in Granada !

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GNU Health and Lomonosov Moscow State University – Faculty of Medicine

06 Tuesday Dec 2011

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Hospital Main Entrance

On December 5th. in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina) GNU Solidario welcomed a delegation of members from the Lomonosov Moscow State University – Faculty of Medicine (Russia) and from ARMIT (Association of Developers of Software for Healthcare System).

The Russian Delegation, lead by Prof. Oleg Medvedev, (VD, Ph.D) Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology. Prof. Oleg got in touch with Luis Falcón, of GNU Solidario, around a month ago. He was coming to Argentina and wanted to learn more about the Organization of the National Health Care System in Argentina.

Moscow University delegation at Hospital Militar Central – Buenos Aires –

Thanks to the help and organization of the Universidad Barceló, the Russian Delegation could get a guided tour at the Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital.

The delegation is received in the main hall by the authorities of the Hospital
At the Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital, Dr. José Luis Ciucchi, Dr. Oscar Regalado and Lic. Viviana Rousseaux were in charge of the visit. The 33 delegates with the members from GNU Solidario and the Universidad Barceló were received in the main hall and then started a very interesting tour, beginning with an institutional video about the hospital.

Hospital Institutional video
After that, in order to have a better idea of the hospital care system and organization, the visit continued to the laboratory, hospital rooms, main kitchen, rehab and traumatology, emergency room, operating rooms. The tour at the Hospital ended with a visit to the Museum and with a delicious lunch.

Questions and answers session
Visiting the Hospital. Selene Cordara and Dr. Meirovich
Operating Rooms Section. Dr. Luis Simes and Selene Cordara
Dr. Simes, Dr. Meirovich, Dr. Medvedev, Luis Falcón
Dr. Simes, Lic. Rocio Cabaleiro, Selene Cordara, Dr. Meirovich
Dr. Simes and Dr. Medvedev
At the Hospital Museum
Lunch is served

Group picture
We would like to give a special thanks to the Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital of Buenos Aires and all the people involved in the organization for their hospitality. It was a great and very rewarding experience.
After lunch prof. Medvedev, Luis Falcón, Dr. Meirovich and Selene Cordara went to the main campus of the Universidad Barceló (Las Heras) to meet with the Dean Dr. Héctor A. Barceló, where a cooperation agreement between the two Universities was signed.

Signing the cooperation agreement. Dr. Héctor A. Barceló and Dr. Oleg Medvedev
Finally we all went to the other campus where the Conferences Program started:
“GNU Health: Benefits of Free Software in Public Health” by Luis Falcón – GNU Solidario –
“Latest Developments In Pharmacology and Research in Latin America” by. Dr. Roberto Baistrocchi, Dr. Aldo Perusso, Dr. Ionathan Meirovich, Dr. Crisitna Rilo – Universidad Barceló –
“Remote-Nutrition: Using new Technologies applied to Education” by Laura Pets and Sofia Goldy – Universidad Barceló –
“Public Health” by Dr. Hector Lombardo Lombardo, former Argentina Minister of Health.
“Current State of Medical Education in Russia” by Dr. Oleg Medvedev – Faculty of Fundamental Medicine –
Luis Falcón and Dr. Medvedev
Luis Falcón – GNU Solidario –
Luis Falcón presenting GNU Health
Prof. Dr. Adrian Barceló and Luis Falcón
Questions and answers
Luis Falcón and Dr. Medvedev at the closing session
Laura Pets, Sofia Goldy, Dr. Meirovich, Dr. Cristina Riló, Dr. Medvedev
Dr. Meirovich, former minister of health Dr. H. Lombardo, Dr. Medvedev
Dr. Medvedev presentation
Dr. Medvedev
Dr. Medvedev showed a great mobile ECG and real-time cardiac monitoring devices (seen on to of the table)

The university also gave us a chance to visit the Nutrition Department, the Library, the Anatomy Lab, the Anatomy Museum, different labs and a classroom.

It has been a very intensive day, full of emotions and knowledge. We were honored to meet Prof. Oleg and its delegation. We are pretty sure this is going to be the first step for future knowledge and business exchanges.
Our special thanks to:
Dr. Luis Simes (Universidad Barceló)
Dr. Ionathan Meirovich (Universidad Barceló)
Dr. Cristina Riló (Universidad Barceló)
Lic. Rocio Cabaleiro (Universidad Barceló)
Dr. José Luis Ciucchi (Hospital Militar “Dr. Cosme Argerich”)
Dr. Oscar Regalado (Hospital Militar “Dr. Cosme Argerich”)
Lic. Viviana Russeaux (Hospital Militar “Dr. Cosme Argerich”)

GNU Health 1.4.1 released !

29 Saturday Oct 2011

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I’m happy to announce the release of GNU Health 1.4.1, in which we have incorporated support for PyPI, the Python Package Index

This version is compatible with the latest tryton release (2.2.0). Now GNU Health is also a set of python modules, fully integrated to the Python community.

Thanks to the magic of pip, and the help of the Tryton community ( Cedric Krier, et al ), installing the latest GNU Health version is as easy as running

pip install –user trytond_health_profile

This will install the requirements ( the tryton server and all the standard GNU Health modules ) automatically and in your “$HOME/.local” directory. I will be updating the installation process at the wiki today.
The main site is the GNU Savannah where all the development and discussion takes place.

There are many improvements, bug fixes and news features, some of them :

  • CalDav compatibility (it allows complex calendar views and settings for appointments and hospitalizations)
  • Support for JSON RPC protocol
  • Fully Tryton 2.2 compatible
  • Enhanced Medication form
  • New Medicament categories
  • Medication pregnancy category
  • Included the latest WHO essential medicines (17th edition)
  • New translation engine (to be used with .po format)
  • Improve Laboratory model and functionality

Thanks to all of you for contributing with your code, testing, translating and documenting the project !


About GNU Health

GNU Health (formerly known as “Medical”) is a free (GPL license), 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 :

GNU Health 1.3.3 released

19 Monday Sep 2011

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I’m pleased to announce GNU Health 1.3.3

This version could be considered a milestone in itself, due the major changes and new features:

  • New naming convention of modules and models. From  medical to gnuhealth
  • New installation scripts (setup.py) . 
  • Major improvements in the Laboratory module. Now we have automatic visual alerts, possibility to exclude analytes from the analysis, qualitative and quantitative testing. Contextualize results in the patient status (gender, age, comorbidities … ).

Screenshot of a sample lab report on GNU Health 1.3.3

As in every new release, bugs are fixed, navigation improved and new features are includes.

Since Health is now part of the official GNU system, the development is hosted at GNU Savannah.

Last but not least…  many thanks to Cedric and Tryton community for getting involved in the GNU Health project !

About GNU Health

GNU Health (formerly known as “Medical”) is a free (GPL license), Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality :
  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  • Hospital Information System (HIS)
  • Health Information System
GNU Health is part of GNU Solidario. GNU Solidario is a NGO that delivers education and health to emerging economies with free software.
Main site : health.gnu.org
Governments hosting GNU Health through their portals :

GNU Solidario en CISL 2011

11 Thursday Aug 2011

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Les recuerdo que GNU Solidario estará presente en la CISL 2011: Conferencia Internacional del Software Libre. La Conferencia tendrá lugar en Buenos Aires los días 8 y 9 de Septiembre.

Luis Falcon, de GNU Solidario, presentará su charla sobre “GNU Health (AKA Medical)”: El Sistema Libre de Gestión Hospitalaria y de Información de Salud” el día viernes 9 de Septiembre a las 10 hs en el Aula 3.
Los esperamos!




Academia GNU Health en la Universidad de Naciones Unidas

22 Friday Jul 2011

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Desde el blog oficial de Luis Falcón (english version)

Finalmente he encontrado un momento para resumir la Academia GNU Health que se impartió en la Universidad de Naciones Unidas (UNU) en Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) durante la ultima semana de Junio. El workshop fue un gran éxito  y me la he pasado muy bien en Kuala Lumpur !
El workshop se llevó a cabo en el International Institute of Global Health (IIGH), en donde he tenido la oportunidad de capacitar el equipo de las Naciones Unidas sobre GNU Health, tanto en la parte funcional como en la técnica.
Participantes de la Academia GNU Health, Luis Falcón, y los directivos de la Universidad de Naciones Unidas en el edificio International Institute of Global Health

En el workshop, se trabajó en la instalación y parametrización de GNU Health, así como con conceptos de implementación.
También se mostraron los nuevos desarrollos y GNU Health en Tryton, una plataforma muy solida, escalable y, lo mas importante, completamente libre y basada en la comunidad.
Algunos de los participantes de la UNU – IIGH en la Academia GNU Health
Mi agradecimiento a: Dr. Nurhizam Safie, Dr. Mohamed Salleh, Dr. Syed Aljunid y todo el equipo del International Institute of Global Health (UNU-IIGH) por su hospitalidad y para adoptar el Softawe Libre para mejorar las vidas de los marginados en todo el mundo.
La Academia GNU Health en la Universidad de Naciones Unidas entra en el marco de colaboración entre UNU-IIGH y GNU Solidario para mejorar la salud con el Software Libre y  el desarrollo de capacidad.
Puede encontrar el evento GNU Health training 2011 en el portal UNU-IIGH :

http://iigh.unu.edu/?q=node/63

La Universidad de UN está dedicada a la generación y transferencia de conocimientos y al fortalecimiento de las capacidades individuales e institucionales para promover los propósitos y principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.
La misión de la Universidad de UN es contribuir, mediante investigación, desarrollo de capacidades y servicios de asesoramiento, a los esfuerzos para resolver los urgentes problemas mundiales de: supervivencia, desarrollo y bienestar, que son la preocupación de las Naciones Unidas, sus Personas y los Estados Miembros.

Pagina web: http://www.unu.edu 

Sobre GNU Health 
GNU Health (conocido anteriormente como “Medical”) es libre (GPL license), es un sistema libre de Gestión Hospitalaria y de Información de Salud que ofrece las siguientes funciones :
  • Expediente Médico Electrónico (EMR)
  • Sistema de Gestión Hospitalaria (HIS)
  • Sistema de Información de Salud
GNU Health es parte de GNU Solidario ( http://gnusolidario.org/en ). GNU Solidario es una NGO que ofrece soluciones para la educación y la salud con el software libre.
Goviernos que acogen GNU Health en sus portales:

GNU Health Academia at the United Nations University

22 Friday Jul 2011

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I finally found some time to summarize  GNU Health Academia at the United Nations University, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during the last week of June. The workshop was a success and I had a great time in KL !

The workshop was held at the International Institute of Global Health (IIGH), where I had the opportunity to train the United Nations team in GNU Health concepts, both from the functional and technical point of view.

GNU Health Academia  participants, Luis Falcón,  and the United Nations University directors at the International Institute of Global Health building

In the workshop, we worked on the installation and customization of GNU Health, as well as in implementation concepts.

I also showed them the new developments and GNU Health on Tryton, a very solid, scalable and, most importantly, a truly free, community-based platform.

Some UNU – IIGH participants at the GNU Health Academia

Many thanks to  Dr. Nurhizam Safie, Dr. Mohamed Salleh, Dr. Syed Aljunid and all the International Institute of Global Health (UNU-IIGH) team from the IIGH, for their hospitality and for embracing Free Software to improve the lives of the underserved around the globe.

The GNU Health Academia at the United Nations University is in the context of collaboration among UNU-IIGH and GNU Solidario to improve healthcare with free software and capacity building.

You can find the GNU Health training 2011 event at the UNU-IIGH portal:

http://iigh.unu.edu/?q=node/63

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.

Web Page : http://www.unu.edu

About GNU Health

GNU Health (formerly known as “Medical”) is a free (GPL license), 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 to emerging economies with free software.


Governments hosting Medical through their portals :