[Peripherals] [Tele]Health Update

[Ian Daniher]

Hi all,
Just an update: Pascals has an 'alpha' version of Hesperian WTND Chapter one
up online here <http://pascal.scheffers.net/Outputs/chapter%201.html>. This
is to be compared to the PDF version
here<http://www.hesperian.org/assets/wtnd/WTND_Chapter_1_pdf.php>
.
Best wishes,
Ian

On Jan 1, 2008 4:18 PM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero <dirakx at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As Ian said i'm working  in a  EKG prototype  with the assistance of  a
> professor and alumni of my uni,
> The process has been stoped due to intersemestral vacations but we have a
> working prototype, although we still need a lot of improvements.
>
> So i guess in two weeks or so we will continue with the development.
>
> I hope soon, i can upload the footprint of the prototype, and all the
> related info.
>
> Cheers!
>
> On Jan 1, 2008 12:36 PM, Ian Daniher < it.daniher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > There has, in the past few months, been a surge of interest in health
> > and telehealth applications for the XO.
> > 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
> > it.daniher at gmail.com
> > Skype : it.daniher
> > irc.freenode.com: DyDisMe
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> >
>
>
> --
> Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
> One Laptop Per Child
> rafael at laptop.org




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Ian Daniher
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Skype : it.daniher
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