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10 open source projects that could really use a donation …

07 Friday Oct 2011

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GNU Health in the best 10 free software projects !

By Jack Wallen
September 29, 2011, 1:12 PM PDT
Takeaway: Even a small donation can go a long way toward providing support for these deserving open source projects.
In my recent post The importance of donating to open source projects (and a giveaway), I called for donations to one of my favorite open source projects, Bohdi Linux. I also ran a poll to see where members stand as far as donating to open source is concerned (Figure A). After I wrote that post, I realized there were many other outstanding open source projects that deserved a bit of attention. So I thought I would take a moment to list 10 projects I feel could use a little help. These projects range in target audience and scope — I wanted to cover as much ground as possible. Certainly, some of the projects listed are more in need than others, but each of them could use a bit of financial support …

4: GNU Health
There are a couple of open source tools for hospitals, but GNU Health is one of the finest. With this application, hospitals get a strong focus in both family and primary health care, as well as on socioeconomics (housing conditions, substance abuse, etc.), prescriptions, billing, and patient genetic and hereditary risks. GNU Health offers an outstanding patient records section, along with imaging, appointments, and much, much more.
Complete article: http://tek.io/qHxpgc

Developing countries NOT in the OpenERP agenda

04 Tuesday Oct 2011

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This is a segment of the letter from Doctor Christoph Larsen, in April 2011, who was working in Rwanda and asked OpenERP for the upgrade scripts and OpenERP refused to give them to him. Dr. Larsen gave me his permission to publish it, so the community knows his point of view.

When Dr.Larsen sent me the mail, I started the migration to GNU Health in the Tryton environment. And no, this is no FUD, this is the reality of was has become of OpenERP.

[..] Please do realise that our group speaks an entirely different language: We do not target the profit-making market, and regarding the combination of OpenERP’s Medical module, the underlying OpenERP backbone for health facility management and Bika Health, we are actually talking LDCs = read: Least Developed Countries. There is no money for any such partnerships, warranties and the like. People out there are haoy to learn from each other, and you will be surprised how keen they ARE to learn. BUT: A few thousand Euros for warranties (imagine a governmental multi-user installation!) – no way!!! In fact, I can tell you from my very own experience with various East and Central African governments that such upgrade path is an exclusion criterion in public tenders. Many governments, after having been burnt by numerous First World approaches to software expressively demand full and complete ownership, which includes control over the upgrade path. I cannot blame them, because, contrary to common belief in the West, there is no money left on the table, if we charge less for more. Instead, something might actually – in the end – arrive at the bottom end, for the patients’ and grassroot’s benefit.
A different market altogether. I would be delighted to see OpenERP provide the script, and with capable people like Luis, various other groups, the South African Bika team and myself, we might well figure out a beautiful and lively howto, how to go from verison 5 to 6, and further on. As you talked of 7 emails, by remote control, only, it is certainly easily doable! This is not a request for free services, but for transparency, and, yes, NO lock-in. At present, the Rwandan biomedical equipment management data are, in fact, locked in, into version 5. You may understand that this, and your change of policy, does not make such end user institutions happy. This also has serious consequences for users of the Medical module. It is utterly unthinkable that users (especially those in poor settings) cannot upgrade to a new version, and risk losing all they last version’s data, without dishing out a few thousand Euros.Your input and an, as I most strongly believe, urgently required reconsideration of your strategy, are highly welcome.
With best regards,

Dr. Chris H. Larsen


Quite sad, isn’t it ? Of course, no answer from OpenERP.  Clearly, developing or Least Developed Countries are not in the OpenERP agenda.

Luckily, we have now a much more robust Health system, official GNU Package, that is 100% free and community-based. If your center is stuck with OpenERP, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help you out in the migration to Tryton.


 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 and Institutions 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 Health at CISL 2011 – English version –

11 Sunday Sep 2011

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On Friday September 9th, at the CISL 2011,Luis Falcón presented his speech about GNU Health.


The presentation, clear and concise, gave space to questions from the public at the end of it.

Richard Stallman, who at the end of August appointed GNU Health a sa GNU Official Package, was present at the speech and exchanged words with Luis and the audience.

He also gave some tips as: “Do not use Windows that is malevolent, the iPod is iBad and do not put my photos on Facebook! “

Answering the questions
Richard Stallman  participating to the conference
At the conference we also had the chance to meet “in person” some members of the community, like Mario Puntin and Adrian Bernardi of Silix. They participate actively at the development and implementation of GNU Health.

Members from Thymbra and Silix at the Buenos Aires National Library
We thank all participants for coming and hope to see you soon at upcoming events.

Richard Stallman and Luis Falcón

Part of  Thymbra’s team and R. Stallman: Cristina Melgosa, Luis Falcón, Richard Stallman, Sebastián Marró, Ignacio Parszyk, Bruno Villasanti

GNU Health en CISL 2011

10 Saturday Sep 2011

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El viernes 9 de Septiembre, en el marco del CISL 2011, Luis Falcón presentó su charla sobre GNU Health. 

La presentación, clara y concisa, dio espacio para unas series de preguntas al final de la misma. 

Richard Stallman, que a finales de agosto designó GNU Health Paquete Oficial GNU, presenció la charla e intercambió unas palabras con Luis y con los asistentes, además dio unos consejos como: “No utilizar Windows que es malévolo, el iPod es iBad y no pongan mis fotos en Facebook”!

Respondiendo a las preguntas
Richard Stallman participando en la charla.

En la conferencia tuvimos también la posibilidad de conocer “en persona” a algunos integrantes de la comunidad, como Mario Puntin y  Adrián Bernardi de Silix, que participan activamente en el desarrollo e implementación de GNU Health.

Con los chicos de Silix

Les agradecemos a todos los participantes por haber venido y esperamos verlos prontos en los próximos eventos.

Richard Stallman y Luis Falcón
Parte del Team de Thymbra y R. Stallman: Cristina Melgosa, Luis Falcón, Richard Stallman, Sebastián Marró, Ignacio Parszyk, Bruno Villasanti.

GNU Health 1.3.2

08 Thursday Sep 2011

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We announce the release of GNU Health 1.3.2. This release fixes bugs, improves navigation, reports, translations and patient appointment and evaluation process.
GNU Health is a Free Health and Hospital Information System. 

Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs Odoo (openERP)

08 Thursday Sep 2011

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I could write many pages, but it all comes down to one concept: ethics.
When I talk about Free Software, I talk about not only about freedom, but also community and good will from the software author. The latter probably is the most important one.
You write Free Software because you want to contribute to the community. It’s an act of social activism. It’s about sharing and helping out.
This April I got a mail from Chris Larsen, a doctor working in Rwanda, where he was asking OpenERP the scripts to upgrade to 6.x, since they needed to have the latest Medical version. The response he got was that the scripts were not publicly available anymore. If they wanted to upgrade, they would have to pay a support contract to OpenERP. This is the typical example of a vendor lock-in. They change the rules (even the license) and then the user becomes their prisoner.
That very same day I started the implementation of GNU Health (previously called “medical”) in the Tryton platform. Believe me, this was frustrating and it meant a lot of work, but I had to guarantee the future for the health centers.
That effort paid off. Today Health (GNU Health) is an official GNU package (health.gnu.org), the United Nations University has adopted it, and everyday health centers are downloading it from the GNU official site. Obviously, the GNU Health version that today is an official GNU package runs under Tryton, a community-based project.
I just got an email today that a health center in RDC ( Democratic Republic of Congo ) after testing the functionality, will be using GNU Health under Tryton.
Open Source has become the refuge for some speculators, who apply digital lock-ins, by, for example, not releasing the upgrade scripts. This is not fair. It’s not ethical. It’s not thinking about the community. It’s being selfish and greedy. Lastly, it’s not respecting the underlying software.
OpenERP and Tryton need Python, Postgresql and GNU/Linux. If Python or Postgresql would impose a support contract fee to be able to upgrade, they would not exist. So, none of us have the right to break the evolution chain. 
So, a word of advice . Make sure you use Free Software. This is more than just a license. They should be community-based projects.
Some signs of warning to keep in mind : Avoid software that has a “buy” link instead of a “download”, or “1 month free”. Those are signs of vendor lock-in strategies. Also, be wary of “Commercial Open Source”, projects, led by private corporations. They are usually there only for their money and don’t care about you. 
If you are a programmer, you can – and you should – make money from Free Software. You can make a good income by giving training sessions and implementing your software. Free Software is both ethical and a great way of making your living !
As the author of GNU Health, and as the president of GNU Solidario, my commitment is to the community and the underprivileged, so rest assured that I will always suggest you the best environment for your health center. Now that GNU Health is an official GNU package, our mission is supported and backed up by the Free Software Foundation and the United Nations.

Update (Apr 2016) : Please read Richard Stalman statement against the use of Odoo on his post “When Free Software depends on Nonfree” https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree

GNU Health en PyCon Argentina 2011

06 Tuesday Sep 2011

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Viernes 23 y Sábado 24 de Septiembre se celebrará la Conferencia del lenguaje Python 2011 (PyCon) en la ciudad de Junín.         
En el marco de esta conferencia, Sebastián Marró e Ignacio Parszyk de Thymbra, presentarán “GNU Health sobre Tryton Framework”.
El objetivo es mostrar Tryton como plataforma de desarrollo de aplicaciones y, específicamente, el sistema GNU Health desarrollado en este framework.

Tryton es una plataforma de desarrollo de aplicaciones de alto nivel y propósito general de tres-capas bajo la licencia GPL-3 escrita en Python y que usa PostgreSQL como motor de base de datos.
GNU Health (http://health.gnu.org/) es un sistema libre de Gestión Hospitalaria y de Información de Salud.


La semana pasada GNU Health ha sido designado por Richard Stallman como Paquete Oficial GNU (http://thymbra-consulting.blogspot.com/2011/08/richard-stallman-designa-gnu-health.html).

Los esperamos en Junín !

Capacitación GNU Health en Tryton .

02 Friday Sep 2011

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En Thymbra Academy estamos organizando la Capacitación de GNU Health bajo Tryton. GNU Health ha sido designado por Richard Stallman como Paquete Oficial GNU.

Los trainings Funcional y Técnico, son intensivos y se dictarán en  Buenos Aires, Argentina, por Luis Falcón.
Los grupos son reducidos y a pedido, así que no se olvide de reservar su vacante con tiempo.

Mas información: academia@thymbra.com