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A meta bug for this project is also submitted: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1223309 I will keep updating the Wiki to show the latest status. Thanks. Cheers, Kevin Hu On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Kevin Hu <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback from Wilfred, and interest from Kumar. Already > started to talk with Kumar. > > Talked with Wilfred via Skype and understood his points. Let me provide > more information here. We are actually also implementing medical Firefox OS > apps to connect with medical devices. For example, the 1st device that we > are working on is to get electrocardiogram from medical devices, and > provide medical suggestions to users. I will share more information about > this project later. What I would like to share is that, to connect more > devices and bring them into web is our mission as well. It's already > covered. > > Compare with implementing apps, to implement a general medical operating > system has significant and higher influence. The goal is trying to > integrate with as more medical apps as possible. I've already discussed > with doctors from multiple hospitals in Taiwan, and also Dr. Tan from > Singapore, security is the common focus from almost all these doctors. > Therefore, we are talking this into consideration when working on this > project. > > Today, we finished our 1st meeting with Dr. Tan from Singapore. Based on > his experience, to have such platform in wearable devices is much better > than in mobile phones. To ask elders to take mobile phones in hands all the > time might be not easy. > > We collected lots of different feedback. It might be a really long mail if > I write them down here. I will digest them and put useful information on > the Wiki page as soon as possible. Let me know if you are interested in > this project and would like to join our regular meetings, we are very happy > to get more feedback, comments, and help. I am actively working with more > and more universities and engaging with community members from different > countries, and more projects are coming. I am also working with National > Taiwan University on device porting. Will create another Wiki, and send it > out to all of you. > > Thank you. > > > > Cheers, > Kevin Hu > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Wilfred Mathanaraj <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Indeed great to see that there is movement here and we have some possible >> visions but I would also like to clarify if a whole OS is needed for this >> space. >> >> I can see the need for such accessibility for patients but would our >> involvement be to bridge the sensor data and information securely between >> doctors and patients? >> >> BR >> Wilfred >> >> - >> >> On 6 Nov 2015, at 07:10, Kumar Rishav <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Kevin, >> It's really a great project. Many old aged or house bound patients will >> get benefited by this. >> So, this will be dedicated operating system for them, and will be >> completely related to medical related areas. >> >> It's nice to be a part of this project. >> >> Thanks >> >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Kevin Hu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, everyone, >>> >>> I am excited to share this with all of you. We started another academy >>> program for Firefox OS weeks ago. The plan is to implement a general >>> operating system for medical usages. >>> >>> With the aging population worldwide, there has been a rapid increase in >>> dependent patients who are either bed or house bound. Although there are >>> lots of medical mobile apps on the shelf to provide personal medical >>> information, analysis, or even some simple monitoring functionalities, >>> these applications are used on current complicated operating systems that >>> most aging patients may have difficulties to use. >>> >>> The target audience for this project focuses on the patients / users who >>> would like to have a centralized place for all medical apps, and who are >>> not familiar with existed complicated mobile operating systems. An >>> operating system with simple and friendly user interface to these target >>> audience is expected. We will also try to optimize Firefox OS to be able to >>> retrieve monitoring data from 3rd party medical devices or other related >>> IOT devices constantly. >>> >>> We are planning to modify existed system app to match the expectation. >>> The project is in the beginning stage now. We are working with graduated >>> school of computer science department in National Central University in >>> Taiwan, some doctors in Taiwan and also a doctor, Dr. Tan Jit-Seng, in >>> Singapore in this project. Dr. Tan was a doctor in Singapore, and now >>> leading a company to provide personal elder health care services. His >>> company was published on the front page of local newspaper, because he >>> always try to integrate new technologies into medical industry and provide >>> personal elder-care. He is also working with Microsoft and MIT in different >>> projects. >>> >>> I will keep updating the project Wiki here, >>> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_OS/MedicalPlatformProject >>> For more information, please visit the page above. >>> >>> Please let me know if you are interested in this project. Suggestions >>> and / or comments are always welcome. Thank you. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Kevin Hu >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-fxos mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Kumar Rishav >> Mozilla Representative - ReMo Mozilla Reps >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-fxos mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >> >> >
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