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GNUmed 0.7.0 released
Dear friends,
I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of
GNUmed 0.7.0 (server v13).
http://www.gnumed.de/downloads/client/0.7/
http://www.gnumed.de/downloads/server/v13/
The database, as usual, needs to be upgraded to v13. The previous v12 version will remain untouched so in case of problems one can just go back until fixed.
Health IT’s Brewsters Millions
I could not sleep last night. Not because news has been strange lately such as a real-life Weekend at Bernie’s but because of the Health Information Technology version of Brewster’s Millions. Specifically that the tidal wave of ARRA health IT money is hitting.
Announcing release of Medical 0.0.47 – Patient Hospitalization
I’m happy to announce the release of the development version 0.0.47
Medical is a free Health and Hospital Information System, with the goal to provide a universal high quality e-Health environment, specially for countries and provinces with low resources.
This version includes the basic inpatient (hospitalization) and outpatient functionality.
“Call and Pump” Web-based Training Program Now Available
The Open ISES Project (http://openises.sourceforge.net) is very proud to announce its latest offering. “Call and Pump” is a web-based training program for the general population (http://emstraining.eduforge.org/medical/public_trng.html) and is the first offering in the Open ISES Project’s public training section. As the focus of citizen CPR turns more towards compression only CPR, this training program can help meet that need. This training project comes from our friends with the Call and Pump project (http://www.callandpump.org) in Wisconsin.
Share your experiences with FLOSS in health care
Are you a practice, clinic or any other health care institution that is using medical open source software in daily routine? And wasn’t it quite hard for you to find the right software, to get it up and running and to finally customize it to your needs without having any experienced users or reference sites at hand?
Even a high number of downloads or a strong ‘activity percentile’ of an open source software project doesn’t tell you anything about the suitability for your purposes and in general about the stability and efficiency that are required for successful clinical practice.
7 of the Best Free Linux Medical Imaging Software
Medical imaging is an essential, non-invasive, routine activity performed by radiographers and radiologic technologists. It is a discipline of the health profession which involves using technology to capture images of the human body.
Imaging capturing devices for medical purposes use the DICOM image format. DICOM is an acronym for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. It is the standard open image format used to handle, store, print and transmit information in medical imaging. This article focuses on software that lets you view images generated from DICOM devices.
VHA announces upgrade plans for VistA EHR
The current <a href=”http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/va-working-aviva-next-generation-vista”>press release</a> on the VHA’s plans to upgrade VistA/CPRS are up.
Buried in the story is a tantalizing reference to the possible use of open source, modular approach using multiple development teams. Could this be the opportunity for VA-open source collaboration?
Call for Abstracts – SOA in Healthcare
The conference Review Committee is seeking proposals for presentations based on “real-world” organizational experiences, evaluations, case studies or research papers relevant to the conference themes of SOA and Improving Health through Technology.
Please indicate whether you are recommending your submission for the Executive Summit, the Functional Track, or the Technical Track. Topic may include (but aren’t limited to):
6 of the Best Free Linux Electronic Medical Records Software
In developed countries, healthcare workers represent a significant proportion of the working population. For example, in the United Kingdom, more than 1 million people work for the National Health Service, a publicly funded healthcare system. Medical software therefore has a huge market to tap. Whatever stage of a country’s economic development, health care is one of the most important elements in society.