Prof Chaudhri and Change Group at large, VillageReach has an initiative to bring last mile information systems to public health called openLMIS. We've released vrMIS under our openLMIS.org (eclipse open source license)
We'd be interested if some students would like to take up a VR related business model for spreading openLMIS globally and building a product and services company as a part of VR or a separate venture. I've been a judge and mentor for previous GSEC competitions and am familiar with the format. I realize that time is short, so I think the best thing is if there is a student or student group already formed that would be interested in formulating the application for next week (nov 4th) deadline to please contact me. To be clear, I'm offering to facilitate but not lead that effort - it needs to come from the students and be aligned with their interests. I can make introductions and can provide the starter dough for the business concept. The openLMIS.org website has some good information about the value proposition, however to fill this out more - there is a need (similar to the need for electronic medical records) to strengthen the delivery of supplies and the logistics supply chain overall. Any takers? - James On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:53 AM, Rohit Chaudhri <rohit.chaudhri at gmail.com>wrote: > fyi, some students in Peru are looking to team up with UW students for the > upcoming GSEC. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: GSEC <gsec at u.washington.edu> > Date: Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 3:23 PM > Subject: GSEC: 11/4 application deadline > To: xuran at uw.edu, rohitc at cs.washington.edu, "Ksenia Y. Malkin" < > kmalkin at u.washington.edu>, bjames08 at gmail.com, ong.wuen at gmail.com, > seong89 at uw.edu, damacheng_cn at hotmail.com, johnnie.mobley at hotmail.com, > hughesjb at uw.edu, bhrosen at uw.edu, ganbagn at uw.edu, kerriulloa at > gmail.com, > launchpad15 at gmail.com, rosenjz at uw.edu, "Joe C. Phan" <jphan at uw.edu>, > kenkoseki at kiu.biglobe.ne.jp, annad5 at uw.edu, sonali at uw.edu, > Budhee_ok at yahoo.co.id, joshscotland at gmail.com, cdinni at uw.edu, abub > at uw.edu, > zeyuz at uw.edu, elispring at hotmail.com, lnd at uw.edu, gauravee at uw.edu, > leejs at uw.edu, kelly.cyt1013 at gmail.com, kayle at uw.edu, hemanat at > uw.edu, > ajakins at uw.edu > > > Greetings from GSEC! > > > > I wanted to send a reminder for the GSEC application deadline - Nov 4, > 2010<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipcompetition/Pages/guidelines.aspx>! > > > > > We also have a special opportunity for UW students to partner with Peruvian > students, on the project detailed below. > > > > Jose is specifically looking for MBA expertise, but if you believe you can > offer other relevant expertise, please feel free to contact him. All > correspondence should be directed to Jose (I?m just the messenger). > > > > *GSEC Proposal, summary: * > > Several developed countries have found many advantages in the > implementation of electronic health records. A majority of studies have > demonstrated the efficacy of health information technologies in improving > quality and efficiency in the collection and management of the patients? > information; even more, these systems tend to have a good acceptability from > the users. > > In Peru, we may use this technology but there are a lot of fears for the > cost of the system. However, we believe in all the benefits this system > implies, and we are actually implementing a project for the use of > electronic health records in some health establishments in Callao, Peru. > Now, we would like to make a cost-effectiveness study in order to prove that > this new system has less cost than the current system, as well as having > more advantages; and therefore, to assure the sustainability of this new > technology. > > > > *Contact:* > > Jos? Enrique P?rez Lu MD. > > Cayetano Heredia University, Global Health program > > Lima Peru > T: (511) 319-0000 anexo 2712 > C: (511) 9 999 8 7784 > > Email: joseperezlu at gmail.com > > jose.perez.l at upch.pe > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change at change.washington.edu > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > -- James Dailey, CTO VillageReach.org <http://www.VillageReach.org> openLMIS.org skype: jdailey +1 206 234 8435 mobile -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20101027/b60f1627/attachment.html>
