Thanks for your post. I agree with you that some hospitals will be reluctant to use Free Software solutions as Medical today, but it's just a matter of time. Same happened years ago when companies were reluctant to use GNU/Linux as the operating system for their servers.... it's just a matter of time. That being said, it's already being deployed at different institutions, like Peerless Hospital in Nigeria (see at the end of the message).
Some of the team members of the Medical project work in some of the most prestigious hospitals, medical centers and research institutions around the world. There is an article in the latest Linux Magazine (www.linux-magazine.com) (jan 2010) (http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/110/094-095_projects.pdf) that talks about the Medical project and how free software is making a difference in Health. Medical uses Industry standards (WHO ICD-10, ICD-10-PCS ). We use some HL7 (look at the drug administration routes) also. So we get the best of them. BTW, HL7 v3 has not been widely adopted yet....On the other side, OpenERP / Medical provides the framework to produce good XML data , reports and services to interoperate with other centers. We use the latest information on genetics (NCBI) and "disease genes" / risk factors, as well as a powerful OLAP engine to produce epidemiology and other statistical research, that will help the promotion of health in critical areas and prevent the spread of deadly diseases. Lastly, I would like to invite you to join the project now, by testing, documenting or translating it, like the rest of the group that is making Medical a reality today. You don't to wait two or three years to start supporting the project. There is a lot of work to do now. You can have more info at : http://gnusolidario.org/en http://medical.sf.net http://www.afrihealthnet.com/ http://meanmicio.blogspot.com/2009/10/peerless-hospital-in-nigeria-chooses.html Thanks Luis Falcon -------------------- m2f -------------------- -- http://www.openobject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=48023#48023 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ Tinyerp-users mailing list http://tiny.be/mailman2/listinfo/tinyerp-users
