Linux in Healthcare – Elderly Products
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| With the rising costs of healthcare and increase in the elderly population,
| and the lack of resources for those with diseases like Alzheimer's, a company
| called Blue Heron Network is looking towards a Linux based device to
| alleviate some of this burden. They are looking to create a new opportunity
| for Linux in the next-generation health device market with a device called
| Reside@HOME Monitor.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/3881
Is Linux really for me?
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| In my last post, March 23, 2008, I asked the question “Linux - Is it really
| for me?”. That post was actually written a few weeks ago and was lost when my
| Blog went down. Now I have the answer to that question. It is a very
| firm “YES”. After getting used to it, I really like Linux. I was having to
| many problems with Windows Vista and I saw no future in continuing to use
| Windows XP since Microsoft will stop supporting it sometime in the future.
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http://rm-jones.com/adventure/2008/03/25/is-linux-really-for-me/
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Reside@HOME: Linux For Elderly Healthcare
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| Via an Internet connection and web browser, the caregiver(s) can create
| messages that display on the Reside@HOME Monitor as well as managing a
| phone/address book, displaying photographs on the monitor, managing photo
| albums, personal medical information, and other features. There are elderly
| enhancements to all of these areas such as supporting an image-driven phone
| book as opposed to just plain text. Remotely, caregivers can intuitively
| tweak this Linux-based environment to change the audio level on the
| Reside@HOME Monitor along with the font size/type and even the
| theme/appearance. The selectable themes include optimizations for care
| receivers with Macular Degeneration and other eye impairments.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=904&num=1
The Coming Electronic Health Record Software Disaster
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| Free and Open Source Software has an answer for EHR businesses as well. They
| need not go out of business: They can switch to being non-proprietary vendors
| by simply changing their licensing terms and making their software available
| for download on Sourceforge or better yet simply using available
| non-proprietary EHR software. What is in it for them is vastly better
| infrastructure, more satisfied customers and much greater acceptance of EHR
| software that protects the rights of patients and doctors. This is unlikely
| to happen in the current climate.
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http://www.linuxmednews.com/1190745985
NHS computer boss failed IT exams
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| Mary Granger is amazed that her son was put in charge of a £20bn
| project to transform the NHS's computer system. She is less
| surprised that his 'Connecting for Health' project is over-budget,
| behind schedule and threatening to become the biggest IT disaster
| in history.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35685
Linux in Healthcare
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| Linux in healthcare is a tale of things seen and unseen. Linux/Open
| Source have enjoyed tremendous popularity in embedded systems and
| networks for major technologies used in healthcare that healthcare
| providers may not even be aware of.
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http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3215/
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