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1ª Conferencia Nacional de e-Salud

22 Monday Oct 2012

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El pasado martes 16 de octubre se llevó a cabo la 1ª Conferencia Nacional de e-Salud en el marco de la CISL 2012.
Más allá de toda la logística, los nervios, los cambios de último momento y demás temas relacionados con la organización, finalmente llegó el gran día.
GNU Solidario, con el proyecto GNU Health, organiza cada año conferencias de este estilo, tanto en América Latina como en Europa,  para impulsar la importancia del uso del Software Libre para que cada vez más personas puedan tener acceso a educación y salud.
Creemos que fue una experiencia muy enriquecedora. La idea era poder intercambiar experiencias y poder luego abrir un espacio al debate. Las presentaciones de los ponentes y la mesa redonda que tuvo lugar a continuación con el público presente, nos dieron una visión mucho más clara de la realidad de la Salud hoy en día (tanto a nivel público como privado), lo que se ha estado haciendo hasta ahora con el Software Libre y de todo lo que se puede y debe hacer a futuro.
Se estuvo debatiendo sobre la importancia y la necesidad cada vez más evidende de un sistema de salud que se pueda manejar con historia clinica digital, como herramienta tanto para el Estado como para sus habitantes. 
Se presentaron diferentes experiencias a nivel académico en donde la aplicación del Software Libre está tomando cada vez más presencia.
Hubo un par de temas que nos parecieron ser una costante. Por un lado  la posibilidad y necesidad de tener que utilizar el Software Libre en los sistemas de salud públicos, universidades y el ámbito privado también y, por el otro la necesidad urgente de estándares libres!
Como siempre se abrió un espacio para el debate que fue de lo más productivo. Como cada vez que nos juntamos a proponer y debatir problemas y soluciones, nos dejamos llevar por el entusiasmo y el tiempo se nos hace corto y finalmente la tarde se nos quedó en nada. Fue una verdadera lástima tener que finalizar la mesa redonda por falta de tiempo ! 
Es por esto que les proponemos continuar no sólo intercambiando ideas sino proponiendo acciones concretas en el próximo evento de GNU Solidario:
Una vez más queremos agradecer a todas las personas que han hecho posible esta conferencia, organizadores, ponentes y participantes. Esperamos volver a verles pronto!

Selene Cordara
Cristina Melgosa

Dr. Donato Spaccavento
Dr. Donato Spaccavento  – Lic. Selene Cordara
Ing. Luis Falcón
Ing. Carlos J. Martín Pérez
Lic. Dario Reisenauer – Bioing. José A. Giacopuzzi
Dr. Jorge Giana
Dr. Armando Pacher
Dr. Luis Simes
Dr. Hugo Arce
Dr. Mariano J. Sturmer
Dr. Hugo Góngora Jara
Lic. Walter Elias 
Lic. Oscar Lagiglia – Ing. Edgardo Genini –
Lic Walter Fernandez -Lic Omar Rodriguez
Dr. Fernando Plazzotta
Mesa redonda 
Mesa redonda 
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Mesa redonda

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

IWEEE 2012 Granada : Commitment

19 Thursday Jan 2012

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The International Workshop on e-health in Emerging Economies (IWEEE) keeps getting better on each edition ! This time we celebrated it during the days 11th and 12th of January in Granada, Spain.
IWEEE is organized by GNU Solidario, and it has become the central point to discuss  Free Software in Health . 
As our friend Cesar Brod mentioned, IWEEE 2012 has been the most successful and collaborative of all. Two days of very interesting presentations and a very productive round table.
In this two-days event, we had been honored by the delegates of the following institutions :
  • United Nations University (UNU)
  • Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
  • United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
  • Government of Brazil
  • Government of Paraguay
  • International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
  • European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI)
  • Free Software Community : Brodtec, Domatix, FSF, NaN, Nextma and Thymbra
These two days have been very busy, with many great presentations and a fruitful round table, were we have set up goals to achieve in this year 2012, in terms of free software adoption in ehealth, standards, implementations, documentation, mobile integration and interoperability, among others.
Thanks to the United Nations delegates, to Raúl Zambrano from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and to Dr. Salleh, Dr. Syed and Dr. Nurhizam from United Nations University, Institute of Global Health, not only for their active role in their presentations and round table, but for sponsoring the event.
Thank you Inma, Anne, Thang, Manuel and Ludovic from Doctors without Borders. Having MSF among us is very motivating. You are an example to follow inside and outside the field. We all learn a lot from your experience and suggestions !
Team from IWEEE 2012 – Granada
Thank you to the representatives of Latin America governments. Cesar Brod, from the government of Brazil, who has been present since the first edition of IWEEE, and the hosts of IWEEE Brazil for all these years. Thank you all to our friends from the government of Paraguay, to Nicolas Caballero who proposed the IWEEE in Granada, and to Dr. Gamarra, who was the delegate of Paraguay Ministry of Health at the round table. This shows how the South has taken the lead in adopting Free Software.
Ironically, there was nobody from the Andalusian Autonomous Government (Junta de Andalucía). Hopefully next time we’ll have them. It would have been nice to share and discuss with them what is being done in e-health using Free Software.
Thank you Thomas Karopka and Etienne Saliez, also “founding fathers” of IWEEE, whose contribution and participation since the first edition has been key for the increasing success of IWEEE. Thank you Frank Lievens (Medetel) for coming over and for promoting the conference over these years !
Thanks to the Free Software community, represented by Joice Käfer (Brodtec); Albert Cervera (NaN); Carlos Sánchez; Pablo José (FSF);Nacho, Angel and Roberto (Domatix), and Adbrahman from NEXTMA, from Morocco. We need to keep on growing this community to be able to deliver solutions to more institutions and improve the quality of the current eHealth systems. 
Last but not least, thanks to Selene and Cristina, who made sure everything went as planned !
IWEEE has become the reference and meeting point for Free Software in Health, and it’s all thanks to you. Personally, I had a great time in Granada and learned a lot from all of you !

I’m looking forward to seeing all of you in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in IWEEE 2013 . We’ll also wait for our UNU-IIGH and Brazilian friends for specific dates in IWEEE Kuala Lumpur and Brazil for this year. 

We’ll be uploading the pictures from the two days and night. We will also upload the presentations to the IWEEE homepage shortly.

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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IWEEE 2012: V International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies

11 Sunday Dec 2011

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We are very happy to announce the 5th edition of IWEEE: International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies.
The next edition will be held in Granada (Spain) on January 11, 2012. The slogan for the 2012 is going to be: “Commitment”. It’s time for individuals, public administrations and governments to adopt Free Software in public health, so we can all have access to good quality health care.
Our mission in GNU Solidario is: Health and Education with Free Software.
Some of the topics for discussion will be :

* Free software in the health sector
* e-Health in Public Health
* Need for Free Standards in e-Health
If you are interested to participate with a speech or presentation, please send us your papers: info@iweee.org
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Latinoware Day 3

23 Sunday Oct 2011

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At the airport waiting …
With a bit of nostalgia and sadness we finally got to the last day of Latinoware and IWEEE …
Like it always happens in these events, the adrenaline of the previous planning and the end of it leave us with a sour taste !
The last day of Latinoware was very intense, especially for the meetings with all the people met at IWEEE and for the commitments with the press for the interviews. 
I leave you with a potpourri of “profesional ” and “social” pictures.
A special acknowledgment to Joice Käfer, Cesar Brod and to the team of Latinoware that made all this possible: Joanne Candida, Michelle, Daniela Priscila de Oliveira Veronezi, Marcos Siriacos Martins and many more …

C. Muñoz-Reyes, Jon “Maddog”, L. Falcón, C. Brod and J. Käfer
Wilber, Cristina and Tux !
S. Marró, C. Muñoz-Reyes, C. Melgosa, C. Brod and J. Käfer
Dr. Lucia Brum, Dr. Aguiar, D. Linhares, S. Marró, C. Melgosa
Dra. Lucia Brum (Doctors without Borders) and Cristina Melgosa
We have to find some time to work …
Dr. Alexandre Aguiar, Luis Falcón, Daniel Linhares, Sebastián Marró.
Sebastián Marró. Would you like a sticker !?
Interview by Kemel Zaidan from Linux New Media
Interview by Serviço Federal de Procesamento de Dados (Serpro)
Debian T-shirts for all !
Cristina Melgosa at our booth.
Cristina Melgosa, Luis Falcón, Dr. Lucia Brum and Dr. Alexandre Aguiar

Latinoware Day 2 – IWEEE 2011 –

22 Saturday Oct 2011

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After a lot of work organizing, planning (and of course a lot of stress too 😀 ) IWEEE 2011 Brazil: Momentum finally started .
In this last edition we shared experiences and speeches with health professionals who contributed with their precious experiences and knowledge .
The presentations were very interesting and created the perfect environment for the round table, during which arose ideas, projects, reflexions …
Opening Session by Cesar Brod
Dr. Alexandre Aguiar – Brazil –
Claudia Muñoz-Reyes, Seeds of Empowerment – Stanford University –
Giuliana Garcete, U.I.R Décima Región Sanitaria – Paraguay –
Luis Falcón, GNU Solidario – Spain –
Nicolás Caballero, Gabinete Civil Presidencia de la Nación – Paraguay –
Sebastían Marró, Thymbra – Argentina –
The round table was very rewarding
Group picture !!
It has been a pleasure to have you all at IWEEE 2011 – Latinoware !
We hope to see you at the next edition IWEEE 2012 Europe.

Latinoware day 1

19 Wednesday Oct 2011

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Neither the ashes or the incompetence of the airline companies could stop us … and we finally made it to Latinoware !!
Let me remind you that tomorrow from 10 AM to 6 PM Latinoware will host IWEEE 2011 Brazil: Momentum.
Here is the program:
 
Today at 2:30 PM there was the Opening Session of Latinoware 2011, this edition registered a record of participant, 4092 so far !
Here is the link where you’ll find all the info about speeches and courses, they are really interesting: http://goo.gl/vfuVR
I leave you with some pics of the day !
We made it !!
Cristina Melgosa and Sebastián Marró at our stand
Opening Session
Sebastián Marró, TUX and Luis Falcón !
Luis Falcón and Sebastián Marró
Jon “Maddog”, Sebastián Marró and Luis Falcón
Jon “Maddog”, Sebastián Marró and Cristina Melgosa
A little work …
What happened  TUX !?!? Please, help him …