On Jan 1, 2008 9:36 AM, Ian Daniher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There has, in the past few months, been a surge of interest in health and > telehealth applications for the XO.
Glad to hear it. I have been talking up the idea for several years but evidently not to the right people. %-[ There is a telemedicine kit from India for about $200, and there are other possibilities. I have been encouraged by developments in blood chemistry measurements that do not require a needle stick. The first such product is likely to be a diabetic blood sugar meter, but the process applies to any small molecule with a distinctive spectrum. I also have friends in the medical software business. There is a Free Software implementation of the M language and the entire US Veterans Administration/DoD hospital software system for medical records, administration, pharmacy, and much more. > My own efforts have been focused on telehealth hardware and software > intended for use in scenarios where medical facilities are available but man > hours to manually screen individuals is not. This is a scenario faced in > many large third-world cities in addition to refuge camps. > Codyl and Dirakx have been assisting; Codyl handling the micro-controller > part, Dirakx working with a Columbian team to develop an EKG. > > I have designed a Pulse Oximeter based heavily on a communications > photodiode instrumentation amplifier. I have started prototyping over > Christmas break. > > I am working with Dirakx and Dr. Dhurjaty to design and prototype an EKG > unit providing valuable diagnostic information about Arrythmia. > > Both of these devices will also provide valuable pedagogical resources. > > > I have designed a server-client infrastructure of the following form for the > THPM activity(telehealth parameterized activity): > A GTK+/PyGTK based gui feeds information into a program which creates an XML > document via PXTL XML templating. > This XML file is uploaded to a server running an httpd and ftpd using the > ftplib python module, along with images in a .jpg format and waveforms in a > .wav format. > The program creates a folder on the server of the following form > /www > /username > /time > /health.xml > /image_of_affected_bodypart1.jpg > /image_of_affected_bodypart2.jpg > /pulseox.wav > /stethescope_and_audio.wav > /ekg.wav > /health.css > > From this structure, a doctor can access a webpage from the url format: > http://server/username/time/health.xml > The XML file will be rendered by a CSS file in the root web directory. > > > The THM(TeleHealth Module) activity will use code similar to the measure > code to record and then display waveforms inputted via a USB Analog to > Digital Converter. > > > In addition to all this, there has been a movement to convert the .pdf > Hesperian foundation work Where There is No Doctor into [x]html. Pascals has > been heading up this work. > > > Anyone interested in contributing, feel free to contact me via any of the > below means. > Many thanks, > > -- > Ian Daniher > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype : it.daniher > irc.freenode.com: DyDisMe > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Edward Cherlin Earth Treasury: End Poverty at a Profit http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel