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GNU Health Is Free, Open Source Software | Opensource.Com LOG IN SIGN UP Articles Resources Downloads About Open Organization Success of GNU Health goes beyond free software 12 Mar 2013 | Jen Wike Huger (Red Hat) | 339 | 5 comments Image by : Opensource.com In 2006, Luis Falcón founded GNU Health, a free health information system that recently recieved the "Best Project of Social Benefit" award given by the Free Software Foundation. GNU Solidario is the non-profit NGO behind GNU Health, started as a free software project for Primary Care facilities in rural areas and developing countries. Since then, it has evolved into a full Hospital and Health Information System used by the United Nations, public hospitals and Ministries of Health (such as in Entre Rios, Argentina), and private institutions around the globe. GNU Health/Solidario and the United Nations International Institute for Global Health —UNU IIGH—signed an agreement in 2011 to train health professionals around the world on the system, as a way of promoting free software in public health, especially in emerging economies. Since then, both organizations have been cooperating and expanding their network of partners to deliver health in a universal way; which, also works towards the UN's Millenium Development Goals. Q: What are the top 3 ways that GNU Health is better than a proprietary system in use now? A: GNU Health is an official GNU program and community-based project, so... Administrators and providers can download GNU Health for free, study it, then adapt it to their needs. There's no vendor lock-in, because there's no vendor. There are no hidden costs or upgrade scripts. Everyone will always be able to upgrade to the latest version for free. There is an international community of support around GNU Health. We have community GNU Health demo server, documentation at WikiBooks, IRC channels, mailing lists, bug tracking systems, and a development environment. Q: How does it go beyond cost? A: Freedom and ethics. GNU Health evolves from the talent, feedback, contributions of a constantly growing community.There are already academic institutions, like the United Nations and its International Institute for Global Health, teaching GNU Health to health professionals around the world. GNU Solidario, the non-profit organization behind GNU Health, delivers health and education with free software. We work with the United Nations and other institutions to provide primary care and preventive medicine and other of the MDG (Millenium Development Goals). For instance, we have a GNU Health module specific to MDG6, helping tof ight Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. GNU Solidario also hosts the International Workshop on eHealth in Emerging Economies, a yearly conference focused on free software on eHealth, and how it can help organizations to improve the lives of their people. We have guests and participants from Doctors without Borders, United Nations, UNESCO, Red Cross, academic institutions, and health ministries. As you can see, it goes far beyond free of cost. Q: Does GNU Health work in tandem with existing health systems or does it replace them? A: It can do both. In terms of health center management, GNU Health combines and integrates patient information from their electronic medical records (demographics, evaluations, medical history, labs, etc.) with the health center's processes (accounting, human resources, stock, supply chain management, etc.). Any uncoupled systems (accounting, HR, EMR, SCM, etc.) can be replaced in order to optimize the resources and processes into one system. GNU Health can also interoperate with other free software healthcare projects. For example, GNU Health can store patient medical images (MRIs, Xrays, CT, etc.) locally or connect directly to a PACS server using DICOM viewers like Ginkgo or Aeskulap. Interoperability in a hospital environment is a must and free software provides the tools to achieve more. Q: Have most health administrators been eager or reluctant to implement an open source health system? A: We have implemented GNU Health in both public hospitals and private institutions. And they love the idea of having a system that belongs to them. GNU Health is a community-based project, so they are not tied to a software vendor; there are no licenses, hidden costs, or vendor lock-ins. Q: Do providers have to buy new equipment and hire IT professionals to implement GNU Health? A: It depends on the size and complexity of the center. Hospital Information Systems deal with many aspects (accounting, stock, clinical records, suppliers, epidemiology, laboratory, pharmacy, security and access control, etc.). So, it's no surprise that a well planned and designed project implemented by a well-trained local team will produce a high-quality product with a high level of sustainability. Q: Why do you feel GNU Health benefits more patients, caregivers, and doctors than current systems? A: In addition to being free software... The system focuses on the human factor and takes a holistic approach to the patient —making concepts like health promotion, disease prevention, family medicine, and social determinants of disease top priorities. From a technical point of view, scalability and adaptability are key. Today there are over 20 different language and localization teams, making it easy for anyone to use GNU Health in their region. 0 Q: Does GNU Health provide high scalability? A: GNU Health provides solutions for small offices and large hospitals. 0 The system's modular design allows them to adapt its functionality to the complexity of their health center. GNU Health runs on top of the fantastic PostgreSQL database and we can implement it in a centralized or distributed environment. Plus, GNUHealth makes use of Python and Tryton frameworks; both are very scalable. Q: Do you suggest other open source solutions to health providers and centers? A: Absolutely. Systems like Aeskulap or Ginkgo are excellent DICOM viewers. Bika Labs is a LIMS that can connect directly to GNU Health laboratory module. Tryton provides a robust and scalable framework to build enterprise solutions. Q: What issues do we all need to better understand about our health? A: Health is an issue for us all, whether we think about it much or not. I encourage people to ask their politicians to adopt free software in the healthcare sector, because health is a public good. And thus, all health information systems should be based on free software. Public health and propietary software are antagonistic. We, as individuals, should demand free software in our public administrations. And health professionals should know about free software and how it can help them, their patients, and their caregivers. Next time you go to the doctor, please tell her or him about the benefits of free software and write them a prescription for health.gnu.org! Topics : Health Aout the author Jen Wike Huger - Jen Wike Huger is the chief editor for Opensource.com. On any given day, you'll find her managing the publishing calendar and team's editorial workflow (on kanban boards), managing writer and reader communities, and brainstorming the next big article. Jen lives in Raleigh with her husband and daughter, June. She is a dedicated, hobbyist herbalist and gardener. Follow her on Twitter. • More about me Recommended reading Questions we should ask about Pandemic stress test: The open An Elasticsearch and Kibana-based COVID-19 contact-tracing apps source cloud is up to the challenge dashboard for COVID-19 Open source underpins coronavirus Using Python to visualize COVID-19 How I use Python to map the global IoT and robotics solutions projections spread of COVID-19 5 Comment Peter Groen on 13 Mar 2013 4 GNU Health is one of the many good open source health IT systems being implemented around the world. OpenEMR, OpenMRS, OSCAR and VistA are some of the better EHR systems available. Open medical imaging systems, open source public health systems, and many more useful systems are also available. In addition to opensource.com, check out openhealthnews.com, health.cositech.net and other resources to find news and information about them. Share the good news about the growing Open Health movement with others. Cesar Brod on 19 Mar 2013 1 Dear Jen, would you allow me to translate your post and interview into Portuguese? Of course I will provide a link back to your original article. Jen Wike Huger on 19 Mar 2013 2 Yes, Cesar, that's great. Our content is published under a Creative Commons license that allows you to do that anytime. I am glad you enjoyed it and hope others will as well. Cesar Brod on 19 Mar 2013 1 Just finnished the translation! I will post the link here as soon as it is published. BTW, you should also interview Lemoene Smith, the creator of Bika LIMS... Cesar Brod on 19 Mar 2013 0 Here it is, Jen! Thanks! http://www.Dicas-L.com.br/brod/brod_201303192144.php Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Enter your email address... Select your country or region Subscribe Privacy Statement Get the highlights in your inbox every week. 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