Your email was sent to FOSSFA Health Mailing List.We are working on customisations here in the East African Region.You should contact Mauri Niemi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or me ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ) if you have any specific query. You can also see the East African Region Demo Site (health.elct.org/care2x ). If you are willing I can subscribe you to our mailing list (FOSSFA_HEALTH).
Nicholas ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Antas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [Care2002-developers] [Fwd: Re: interested more info Care2x usersin Africa] > Vern wrote: > > > Dear Care2x Programmers, > > > > I am looking at Care2x for a small hospital in Uganda. Are you aware of > > any Care2x users in Uganda or other parts of Africa? > > > > I tried to contact users (Fosfa, ELCT in Tanzania) off your online > > demo list but I appreciate any names you can give me. If you prefer please feel > > free to pass on my email to any Care2x contact. > > > > I am a volunteer with http://www.humaninet.org/wis/index.asp > > Now, that's an interesting use for Care2x. > Real life, pragmatic field testing by a low resources humanitarian NGO. > > > Are you aware of any Care2x users in Uganda or other parts of Africa? > > Are you aware of any programmers located in Africa that can provide minor > > customizations. > > See? This is pragmatism in action. He really wants to use Care2x. He has > used similar applications before. He knows that he needs field help in > order to successfully continue to rely on Care2x. > This could be a success case as it seems that, in this case, accounting, > billing, ledger do not seem to be an urgent need. > > > In the future will Care2x be enabled to use touchscreen monitors. > > Care2x is already able to use touchscreen monitors. Care2x menus lend > themselves to that, the problem is keying in text. In this case it is > much more straightforward to use a silicon membrane dust resistant field > computer/keyboard, or a plain cheap small keyboard that we throw away > from time to time and substitute for a new one (although voice > recognition or EEG interfacing would be even better...perhaps in 2010?). > > This is a project that I am willing to help from Portugal. I have been > there (Mozambique/UN/Onumoz mission). I know that in such missions we > have limited resources, little time and too many things to do. So, in > that circumstance we tend to look for the best and more pragmatic tools > that we are able to grab. > In this setting I think that Care2x could be a marvelous help and an > added value for any mission. > > Best regards, > J. Antas > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Care2002-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers

