Hello All,
Thank you for Elpidio for his great vision to start a system like Care2x and
for his work during
the years to build it. Thank you also for trusting me to take over his role.
When I found
Care2x there was bigger group of people with different ideas and at the moment
the team is
quite small. Many have built their own version and we do not know how many
versions there
are in real hospital or clinical use. Some have given up.
Requirements are often so different that it is not easy to build and use only
one version. The
competition in Europe and USA and maybe even India is so hard and it is not
easy to bring a
new system to the market where there are resources to use proprietaty
softwares. That may
be the reason that most developers in this list are from countries where
expensive systems
are not real option.
I hope we could build a team big enough to make a competetive software at least
to the
markets with less resources. IMPORTANT THING IS THAT EVERYBODY IS SHARING HIS
WORK SO THAT WE GET CRITICAL MASS OF DEVELOPERS AND TEAMS.
Pepito wrote that without earning it is difficult to continue- which is true.
Also it is the other
way, if we do not work to get good software we cannot earn money from it by
giving support
for local implementation.
I think each one of us should look for partners and funds to be able to work on
the software
and also implementation of it. It is in the interest of funding partners to
get a transparent
system in place. It saves money more than they invest in it, and it saves it
quickly. Muhimbili
hospital in Dar es Salam increased revenue 300% when they computerized their
system
(they used commercial software).
Care2x is flexible and can run on one computer (we have done it in health
center) and it can
run in a hospital with hunders of beds (I am at the moment in a hospital like
that using
Care2x) We are planning now to have a very simple system in mobile phones at
very basic
level where there is no support, not even power available.
We have been able to raise funds to make slow proggress in difficult setting.
If it is possible
here it is possible anywhere else. But not if everybody is working in their own
small corner.
SO LETS MAKE IT TOGETHER.
Best Wishes
Mauri Niemi
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Hello all,
thanks to all who expressed interest in taking over the ownership of care2x
domains.
I owe you all an explanation for the recent changes. I have not done any
development work
on this project in the last few years and I don't see me working on it in the
coming years.
Because of that I have decided to retire from the Care2x project. I will still
be listening to
the list and other communication lines of the project but I will not be active
anymore.
Furthermore, the project leadership will be transferred to Mauri Niemi. He is a
doctor working
for missionary hospitals in Tanzania. Mauri has been with the project since its
beginning
in 2002 and has been active in the development of the tanzanian version. In
fact, their
Care2x version is one of the most successful application of the project. I
believe that
Mauri will be the right project leader. He already agreed to take over the task.
The domain names will be transferred to Mauri Niemi. The hosting and
maintenance of the
websites and other technical tasks will be done by Gjergj and Robert Meggle.
Please excuse any disruptions during the transition phase.
Thank you.
Elpidio
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