GNU Health

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GNU Health

GNU Health
Tryton
GNU Health main patient screen in Tryton
Basic data

Maintainer GNU project
developer Luis Falcon
Publishing year 2008
Current  version 3.6.5
( August 21, 2020 )
operating system Cross-platform
programming language python
category Hospital information system
License GNU GPL
http://health.gnu.org/

GNU Health is a free health and hospital information system with the following functionalities:

GNU Health pursues a multi-platform strategy and can therefore be used on different operating systems such as GNU / Linux , FreeBSD or Windows . It uses PostgreSQL as the database management system . The software is written in Python and is based on Tryton , a free ERP software.

history

Luis Falcón started GNU Health in 2008 as a project for health promotion and disease prevention in rural areas. The original name was Medical. Since then, the software has evolved into a health and hospital information system supported by a multidisciplinary international team. GNU Health is a project by GNU Solidario, a not-for - profit, non - governmental organization that works in the fields of health and education with free software.

Milestones

  • October 12, 2008: The Medical project is registered on SourceForge .
  • November 2nd, 2008: Version 0.0.2 is published on SourceForge.
  • April 15, 2010: Medical is registered on the Brazilian government portal Software Público Brasiliero (SPB).
  • July 31, 2010: Medical is registered in the Open Source Observatory and Repository of the European Commission.
  • April 16, 2011: Thymbra (whose employees had developed the software by then) transfers Medical to the NGO GNU Solidario.
  • April 18, 2011: Change of the development environment from OpenERP to the Tryton Framework.
  • June 12, 2011: The project is renamed from Medical to GNU Health.
  • August 16, 2011: Version 1.3.0 is released, based on Tryton and PostgreSQL .
  • August 26, 2011: Richard Stallman declares GNU Health an official GNU Package. The developer portal will be moved from SourceForge to GNU Savannah .
  • October 29, 2011: Release of version 1.4.1. This version is included in the Python Package Index (PyPI) software repository .
  • June 25, 2012: Commissioning of a GNU Health Test server that is publicly accessible via the Internet.
  • February 9, 2013: Release of version 1.8.0, compatible with Tryton 2.6 and Android client.
  • March 18, 2013: Release of version 1.8.1 with functionality for intensive care units .
  • July 7, 2013: Release of version 2.0.0. Compatible with Tryton 2.8. New modules for Neglected Diseases starting with Chagas Disease . New demography section and management of the residential units. New server installer. Improvements in the surgery module (ASA physical status classification system and Revised Cardiac Risk Index).
  • September 22, 2013: Release of version 2.2.0 with dengue and diagnostic imaging methods.
  • January 27, 2014: Release of version 2.4.0.
  • March 22nd, 2014: Axel Braun releases the first version of the GNU Health Live CD (GNU Health 2.4, Tryton-Server 3.0.x, KDE 4, openSUSE 13.1). The Live CD is a Linux system that can be booted from a USB stick or CD with a fully functional GNU Health installation and demo database.
  • July 6, 2014: Release of version 2.6.0. Added with hash functions for document verification, digital signatures and integration of GNU Privacy Guard .
  • February 1, 2015: Release of version 2.8.0. Most important innovations: Compatibility with Tryton 3.4; Functions for the aggregation and synchronization of data in distributed environments; Universal Person Unique Identifier (PUID) and Universal Unique Identifier (UUID); HL7 FHIR server; Birth certificates and death certificates; advanced cryptographic functions (integration of GNU Privacy Guard).
  • July 26, 2017 With the release of openSUSE Leap 42.3, GNU Health Release 3.2 will be included in the standard delivery of the distribution. This is accompanied by an automated test in openQA

use

Implementations of GNU Health are in use worldwide, e.g. B. in Jamaica, in Pakistan at the Dr. Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital in Islamabad, Laos, Gabon, Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico or South Africa. Jamaica has been using GNU Health nationwide since 2013 (as the first country).

GNU Health is intended to be used in hospitals, outpatient departments, group and individual practices. Daily clinical processes are taken into account as well as the management of resources and to improve public health .

Modules

GNU Health offers a modular approach to core functions, in which various functionalities can be expanded to cover the needs of the respective health facility. The 32 modules in version 2.6.4 are:

  • Health : Main data model for objects such as patients, examinations, healthcare facilities, illnesses, appointments, vaccinations and medications

Subject-related

  • Surgery : preoperative checklist, operations, operating theaters, surgical history
  • Gynecology and Obstetrics : gynecology, obstetrics, perinatal information and puerperium
  • ICU : functionality for intensive care units
  • Pediatrics : includes modules for neonatology, pediatrics and psychosocial evaluation standards (Pediatric Symptoms Checklist - PSC)
  • Pediatric Growth Curves : include percentiles and z-score charts
  • Pediatric Growth Curves (WHO) : contain WHO percentiles

Medical history and risk factors

  • History : Specific reports for patient history
  • Socioeconomics : Among other things, education, occupation, housing situation, hostile environment, child labor and prostitution.
  • Lifestyle : exercise, diet, drugs, National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) recreational drug database, Henningfield ratings, sexuality, risk factors, home safety, child safety
  • Genetics : Hereditary Risks. About 4200 "disease genes " from NCBI / GeneCards

Services

  • Archive : functionality to track legacy data or a paper medical history
  • Imaging : Functionality for request for diagnostic imaging and its management
  • Laboratory : Supports the request, implementation and reporting of laboratory analyzes. Interface to laboratory information management system
  • Storage : Pharmaceutical storage and automatic storage changes for medical services
  • Service groups: Groups health-related services for the patient. It also allows you to submit invoices / flat rates for the selected services.
  • Medicines : essential medicines of the WHO
  • Maintenance : maintenance functionality. Patient rounds and handovers, drug administration and care services

Coding

  • ICPM : WHO International Classification of Procedures in Medicine
  • ICD-10 : Coding of diagnoses according to the WHO classification system ICD-10
  • ICD-10 PCS : Coding of operations and services according to the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) of the US Department of Health
  • Reporting : Generates diagrams and reports for epidemiological and health facility-related information.

Patient administration

  • QR Codes : Enables QR codes for identification
  • Calendar : Enables connection to a CalDAV client, a free calendar program, and provides calendars for re-orders and examinations.
  • Inpatient : inpatient admission, bed allocation, medical guidelines, therapy and care plans
  • Inpatient calendar: Enables calendars for inpatient admission and bed allocation

Public health

Program management

Awards

  • In 2011, GNU Health received the Free Software Foundation's Award for Projects of Social Benefit .
  • GNU Health won the PortalProgramas 2012 for Most Revolutionary Free Software and Software With Greatest Potential For Growth .
  • GNU Health was presented at the 2013 World Summit on the Information Society in the session ICT for Improving Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health of the World Health Organization .
  • GNU Health is awarded the Open Source Business Award 2016 from the Open Source Business Alliance eV in Stuttgart

See also

Portal: Free Software  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the subject of Free Software

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luis Falcón: GNU Health HMIS patchset 3.6.5 released! . August 21, 2020 (accessed August 21, 2020).
  2. ↑ The gnu health Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page . In: Open Hub . (accessed on September 26, 2018).
  3. ^ GNU Health / Laboratory Management - Wikibooks, open books for an open world. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ Portal do Software Público Brasileiro
  5. ↑ About Thymbra ( Memento from September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Free Software vs Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP. September 8, 2011, accessed September 22, 2014 .
  7. ^ GNU Health / The Demo database - Wikibooks, open books for an open world. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  8. ↑ [Health-announce] GNU Health 2.8 is out! Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Health ministry implementing $ 50m pilot project in Jamaica. The Gleaner Company Limited, July 30, 2014, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  10. ↑ a b TOWARDS A value-based business model for large-scale installations of gnu health. GNU Solidario, November 18, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Hospital Information System at ANTH. gnu.org, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  12. ^ Social Medicine Award for GNU Health Implementation Laos CMR. GNU Solidario, November 18, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  13. ^ GNU Health training in Franceville - Gabon. GNU Solidario, October 14, 2015, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  14. ^ Communitor - Brazil 2016 - Congenital Zika Virus. GNU Solidario, November 18, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  15. ^ GNU Health in Manila. GNU Solidario, November 1, 2015, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  16. ^ GNU Health Implementation case in Mexico. GNU Solidario, November 18, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  17. ^ Jamaican Ministry of Health is the first to adopt free and open source health system nationwide . In: Opensource.com . ( Online [accessed January 7, 2017]).
  18. ↑ 2011 Free Software Awards announced. Free Software Foundation March 26, 2012, archived from the original on March 29, 2012 ; Retrieved March 28, 2012 .
  19. ↑ Premios PortalProgramas al Software Libre 2012. January 4, 2013, accessed on 22 September 2014 .
  20. ^ ICT for Improving Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health. May 14, 2013, accessed September 22, 2014 .
  21. ↑ Presentation of the Open Source Business Award. December 7, 2016, accessed January 29, 2017 .