<h1 id="gnu-health">GNU Health</h1>
<p>This is an interview with Dr Tom Kane and his student Euan Livingstone in Tom’s office at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) on 2016-07-06.</p>
<p>Tom and Euan are investigating ways of running <a href="https://health.gnu.org/" title="GNU Health">GNU Health</a> for evaluation and demonstration purposes, using multiple Raspberry Pi systems and an Intel NUC. In particular they want to evaluate the conformity of interoperability (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Healthcare_Interoperability_Resources" title="FHIR">FHIR</a>) standards, and are trying to build a reference implementation for decision makers who are procuring a Health and Hospital Information System.</p>
<p>In the interview Tom used some terminology that I have provided links for here and at the end:</p>
<ul>
<li><em>LIMS</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_information_management_system" title="LIMS">Laboratory Information Management System</a></li>
<li><em>PACS</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_archiving_and_communication_system" title="PACS">Picture Archiving and Communication System</a></li>
<li><em>FHIR</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Healthcare_Interoperability_Resources" title="FHIR">Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I had forgotten where I’d seen Luis Falcón, originator of GNU Health, being interviewed. It was on <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/288" title="FLOSS Weekly">FLOSS Weekly</a>, as linked below.</p>
<p><a href="hpr2093_full_shownotes.html">The complete notes for this episode, with pictures of the equipment, are available by clicking this link.</a></p>
<p>Thanks to Tom and Euan for taking the time to talk to me.</p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
<ul>
<li><em>GNU Health</em> website: <a href="https://health.gnu.org/" class="uri">https://health.gnu.org/</a></li>
<li><em>GNU Health</em> Wikipedia page: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Health" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Health</a></li>
<li><em>Tryton</em> application platform: <a href="https://www.tryton.org/" class="uri">https://www.tryton.org/</a></li>
<li>Luis Falcón, MD:
<ul>
<li>On Twitter (<span class="citation" data-cites="meanmicio">@meanmicio</span>): <a href="https://twitter.com/meanmicio" class="uri">https://twitter.com/meanmicio</a></li>
<li>On the web: <a href="https://www.meanmicio.org/" class="uri">https://www.meanmicio.org/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Wikipedia page for <em>SAP SE</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_SE" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_SE</a></li>
<li><em>LIMS</em> (Laboratory Information Management System):
<ul>
<li>Wikipedia page : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_information_management_system" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_information_management_system</a></li>
<li><em>BIKA</em> LIMS: <a href="https://www.bikalabs.org/" class="uri">https://www.bikalabs.org/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><em>PACS</em> (Picture Archiving and Communication System):
<ul>
<li>Wikipedia page: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_archiving_and_communication_system" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_archiving_and_communication_system</a></li>
<li><em>DICOM</em> (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine):
<ul>
<li>Wikipedia page: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICOM" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICOM</a></li>
<li><em>Orthanc</em> DICOM server: <a href="https://www.orthanc-server.com/" class="uri">https://www.orthanc-server.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Wikipedia page on <em>Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources</em>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Healthcare_Interoperability_Resources" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Healthcare_Interoperability_Resources</a></li>
<li>FLOSS WEEKLY episode 288 “<em>GNU Health</em>”: <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/288" class="uri">https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/288</a></li>
<li>Jamaica Ministry of Health:
<ul>
<li>From opensource.com “<em>Jamaica adopts GNU Health</em>”: <a href="https://opensource.com/health/13/11/jamaica-adopts-gnu-health" class="uri">https://opensource.com/health/13/11/jamaica-adopts-gnu-health</a></li>
<li>Ministry of Health Jamaica, Health Informatics: <a href="https://moh.gov.jm/divisions-agencies/divisions/technical-services-division/health-informatics/" class="uri">https://moh.gov.jm/divisions-agencies/divisions/technical-services-division/health-informatics/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital:
<ul>
<li>Website: <a href="https://www.nelsonmandelachildrenshospital.org/" class="uri">https://www.nelsonmandelachildrenshospital.org/</a></li>
<li>Bongi Mkhabela, CEO NMCH Trust: <a href="https://whoswho.co.za/sibongile-mkhabela-1939" class="uri">https://whoswho.co.za/sibongile-mkhabela-1939</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Wikipedia page on the <em>Intel NUC</em> (Next Unit of Computing): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Unit_of_Computing" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Unit_of_Computing</a></li>
<li>Dr Tom Kane, Edinburgh Napier University: <a href="https://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/c/people/peopleid/13383286" class="uri">https://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/c/people/peopleid/13383286</a></li>
<li>Euan Livingstone (<span class="citation" data-cites="euanlivingstone">@euanlivingstone</span>): <a href="https://twitter.com/euanlivingstone" class="uri">https://twitter.com/euanlivingstone</a></li>
</ul>
