AFRO-NETS> The Littlefish Health Project

["Jane Crosbie & Chris Fraser" <pangaea@comcen.com.au>]

The Littlefish Health Project
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Hi Folks,

Just thought I would draw your attention to an open source health proj-
ect.

Littlefish is an open source health project designed to co-operatively 
develop initially an affordable, high quality 'Patient Information and 
Recall System' and later a comprehensive 'Health Management Information 
System' for Health Care Providers in the developing world. In simple 
terms those in the most need usually have the least finances to afford 
such systems. 

Littlefish will be available under an appropriate open source license 
to ensure that end users and developers may have free access to source 
code and binaries and may freely alter the source code, and that the 
programme will be free to Primary Health Care providers in developing 
countries, to disadvantaged groups in other parts of the world and to 
academia. The ultimate goal is to develop a modular application, capa-
ble of running on the widest possible range of currently available op-
erating systems, sufficiently flexible to function on very limited or 
elaborate hardware resources. 

The initial development will be in EIFFEL on Linux. Features will in-
clude persistent storage and retrieval of health care information, in-
tegrating clinical decision support functionality and a highly portable 
client interface. The project strives to achieve actual compliance with 
established standards for health informatics. The Good Electronic 
Health Record (GEHR) is the model to which the project will comply, and 
compatibility will be available for Health Level 7 (HL7) specifica-
tions, thus maximising interoperability with what legacy systems may 
exist in healthcare settings in the developing world. 

The project needs assistance on all levels in: programming, project 
planning, design, review and beta testing of prototypes, documentation, 
quality assurance, security issues, translation, technical writing, 
build co-ordination, database planning and mining techniques. Contribu-
tors from all fields especially health are welcome to get involved.

Best Wishes,

Chris Fraser 
The Littlefish Health Project
mailto:cfraser@paninfo.com.au
http://www.littlefish.au.com
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