GNU Health
Encyclopedia
GNU Health is a Free
Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality:
It is designed to be multi-platform, so it can be installed in different operating system
s (GNU/Linux
, FreeBSD
, MS Windows
), database management system
s (PostgreSQL
), and enterprise resource planning
(Tryton
).
Main Development events
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality:
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR)Electronic medical recordAn electronic medical record is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital or physician's office...
- Hospital Information System (HIS)Hospital information systemThere are various titles and acronyms which all declare similar approaches to managing the information flow and storage in hospital routine services, as*Hospital Information System , or*Healthcare Information System, or...
- Health Information System
It is designed to be multi-platform, so it can be installed in different operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
s (GNU/Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
, FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...
, MS Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
), database management system
Database management system
A database management system is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators and other specialists. A database is an integrated...
s (PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is an object-relational database management system available for many platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MS Windows and Mac OS X. It is released under the PostgreSQL License, which is an MIT-style license, and is thus free and open source software...
), and enterprise resource planning
Enterprise resource planning
Enterprise resource planning systems integrate internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application...
(Tryton
Tryton
Tryton is a three-tier high-level general purpose computer application platform on top of which is built a business solution through a set of so-called Tryton modules....
).
History
GNU Health started in 2008 by Luis Falcón as a project for Health promotion and disease prevention in rural areas. Its initial name was Medical. Today it has evolved into a Health and Hospital Information System, with a multi-disciplinary international team of contributors. GNU Health is a project of GNU Solidario. GNU Solidario is a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) that works in the areas of health and education with free software.Main Development events
- October 12th, 2008 : Medical project registered at SourceforgeSourceForgeSourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...
- November 2nd, 2008 : Medical Version 0.0.2 is released at SourceForgeSourceForgeSourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...
- April 15th, 2010 : Medical is registered at Brazilan government Portal do Software Público Brasiliero (SPB)
- July 31st, 2010 : The Project is registered at the European Community Open Source Observatory and Repository
- April 18th, 2011 : Medical switches the development environment from OpenERPOpenERPOpenERP is an open source comprehensive suite of business applications including Sales, CRM, Project management, Warehouse management, Manufacturing, Accounting and Human Resources. OpenERP has separate client and server components...
to the TrytonTrytonTryton is a three-tier high-level general purpose computer application platform on top of which is built a business solution through a set of so-called Tryton modules....
framework. - June 12th, 2011 : The project is renamed from Medical to GNU Health.
- August 16th 2011 : version 1.3.0 is released, supporting TrytonTrytonTryton is a three-tier high-level general purpose computer application platform on top of which is built a business solution through a set of so-called Tryton modules....
and PostgreSQLPostgreSQLPostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is an object-relational database management system available for many platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MS Windows and Mac OS X. It is released under the PostgreSQL License, which is an MIT-style license, and is thus free and open source software...
. - August 26th 2011 :Richard StallmanRichard StallmanRichard Matthew Stallman , often shortened to rms,"'Richard Stallman' is just my mundane name; you can call me 'rms'"|last= Stallman|first= Richard|date= N.D.|work=Richard Stallman's homepage...
declares GNU Health an official GNU Package. At this point, the development portal is moved from SourceForgeSourceForgeSourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...
to GNU SavannahGNU SavannahGNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation initiated by Loïc Dachary, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for Free Software projects. Savannah currently offers CVS, GNU arch, Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, mailing list, web hosting, file...
. - October 29th 2011 : Release of GNU Health v 1.4.1 . This version is also included at the The Python Package Index - PyPIPython Package IndexThe Python Package Index or PyPI is the official third-party software repository for the Python programming language. Python developers intend of it to be a comprehensive catalog of all open source Python packages. It is analogous to CPAN, the repository for Perl...
as a set of PythonPython (programming language)Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...
modules.
Usage
GNU Health is intended to run in Health Centers, to take care of the daily clinical practice as well as to manage the health center resources.Features
GNU Health uses a modular approach around the kernel, with different functionality that can be included to meet the health center needs. The current modules are:- Health: Main data model for objects such as patient, evaluations, health centers, diseases, appointments, vaccinations and medicaments
- Pediatrics: Include models for neonatology, pediatrics and psychosocial evaluations (Pediatric Symptoms Checklist - PSC)
- Gynecology: Gynecology, obstetrics, preventive medicine, perinatal information and puerperium
- Lifestyle: Physical exercise, diets, drug addictions, National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) recreational drug database, Henningfield ratings, sexuality, risk factors, home safety, child safety
- Genetics: Hereditary risks. Around 4200 “disease genes” from the NCBINational Center for Biotechnology InformationThe National Center for Biotechnology Information is part of the United States National Library of Medicine , a branch of the National Institutes of Health. The NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland and was founded in 1988 through legislation sponsored by Senator Claude Pepper...
/ GeneCardsGeneCardsGeneCards is a database of human genes that provides genomic, proteomic, transcriptomic, genetic and functional information on all known and predicted human genes. It is being developed and maintained by the Crown Human Genome Center at the Weizmann Institute of Science.- References :*Stelzer G,... - Socioeconomics: Education, occupation, living conditions, hostile areas, child labour and prostitution, among others.
- Inpatient: Patient Hospitalization, bed assignment, care and nursing plans.
- Surgery: Pre-operation checklist, procedures, operating rooms, patient surgery history.
- Invoice: Link to the health center financial administration.
- Calendar : Adds functionality to connect with a CalDAV client, and manage calendars for appointments.
- Inpatient_calendar : Manages calendars for patient hospitalizations and bed assignments.