GNU Health - Revision history

Shawndouglas: Fixed citation issue

2021-09-19T19:47:21Z

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	==Features==		==Features==

	Features of GNU Health include<ref name="~~GHSFFiles~~">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/main-features.html \|title=GNU Health : Main Features \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>:		Features of GNU Health include<ref name="GNUFeats">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/main-features.html \|title=GNU Health : Main Features \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>:

	* based on disease and medical procedure standards (ICD-10 / ICD-10-PCS)		* based on disease and medical procedure standards (ICD-10 / ICD-10-PCS)
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	==Entities using GNU Health==		==Entities using GNU Health==

	Users of GNU Health include<ref name="~~GHSFFiles~~">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/community.html \|title=GNU Health : Community \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>:		Users of GNU Health include<ref name="GNUCommun">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/community.html \|title=GNU Health : Community \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>:

	Africa Next Door, African Health Network, Dr. Oñativia Regional Center – Argentina, European Commission – JOINUP, Griya Husada Hospital, Griya Waluya Hospital, Marcelo-Padilla Hospital – Phillippines, Masaki International Clinic – Tanzania, Mojowarno Christian Hospital, Peerless Hospital, Portal do Software Público Brasileiro, San Vicente Primary Care Center – Argentina, Sharq Medical Center, The Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) – Suriname, The United Nations University, Victoria Hospital – Zambia		Africa Next Door, African Health Network, Dr. Oñativia Regional Center – Argentina, European Commission – JOINUP, Griya Husada Hospital, Griya Waluya Hospital, Marcelo-Padilla Hospital – Phillippines, Masaki International Clinic – Tanzania, Mojowarno Christian Hospital, Peerless Hospital, Portal do Software Público Brasileiro, San Vicente Primary Care Center – Argentina, Sharq Medical Center, The Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) – Suriname, The United Nations University, Victoria Hospital – Zambia

Shawndouglas: /* Product history */ Tweak

2017-12-04T19:55:56Z

Product history: Tweak

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	GNU Health actually began in late 2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small [[hospital]].<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>		GNU Health actually began in late 2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small [[hospital]].<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

	On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 2.0.0, released on July 8, 2013.<ref name="GH200">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.gnusolidario.org/2013/07/dear-all-im-proud-to-announce-release.html \|title=GNU Health version 2.0 released! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|date=08 July 2013 \|accessdate=04 September 2013}}</ref>		On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

	Known release dates of GNU Health are as follows:		Known release dates of GNU Health (2013 and prior) are as follows:

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"

Shawndouglas: /* External links */ Removed standalone SF links so as to not encourage downloading from that site.

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External links: Removed standalone SF links so as to not encourage downloading from that site.

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	==External links==		==External links==

	* [http://medical.sourceforge.net/index.html GNU Health on SourceForge]
	* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/medical/ GNU Health code repository]		* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/medical/ GNU Health code repository]
	* [http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/health/ GNU Health development pages]		* [http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/health/ GNU Health development pages]

Shawndouglas: /* Product history */ Internal link

2014-04-03T17:06:38Z

Product history: Internal link

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	==Product history==		==Product history==

	GNU Health actually began in late 2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small hospital.<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>		GNU Health actually began in late 2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small [[hospital]].<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

	On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 2.0.0, released on July 8, 2013.<ref name="GH200">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.gnusolidario.org/2013/07/dear-all-im-proud-to-announce-release.html \|title=GNU Health version 2.0 released! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|date=08 July 2013 \|accessdate=04 September 2013}}</ref>		On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 2.0.0, released on July 8, 2013.<ref name="GH200">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.gnusolidario.org/2013/07/dear-all-im-proud-to-announce-release.html \|title=GNU Health version 2.0 released! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|date=08 July 2013 \|accessdate=04 September 2013}}</ref>

Shawndouglas: Grammar

2013-10-03T16:55:36Z

Grammar

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	==Product history==		==Product history==

	GNU Health actually began in late-2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small hospital.<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>		GNU Health actually began in late 2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small hospital.<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

	On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 2.0.0, released on July 8, 2013.<ref name="GH200">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.gnusolidario.org/2013/07/dear-all-im-proud-to-announce-release.html \|title=GNU Health version 2.0 released! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|date=08 July 2013 \|accessdate=04 September 2013}}</ref>		On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 2.0.0, released on July 8, 2013.<ref name="GH200">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.gnusolidario.org/2013/07/dear-all-im-proud-to-announce-release.html \|title=GNU Health version 2.0 released! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|date=08 July 2013 \|accessdate=04 September 2013}}</ref>

Shawndouglas: /* Product history */ Updated hist.

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Product history: Updated hist.

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	GNU Health actually began in late-2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small hospital.<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>		GNU Health actually began in late-2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small hospital.<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

	On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 1.6.3, ~~release~~ on ~~August 28~~, ~~2012~~.<ref name="~~GH133~~">{{cite web \|url=http://~~savannah~~.~~gnu~~.org/~~forum~~/~~forum~~.~~php?forum_id=7349~~ \|title=GNU Health 1.~~6.3 is out~~! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=~~Free Software Foundation~~ \|date=~~28 August 2012~~ \|accessdate=~~10 October 2012~~}}</ref>		On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 2.0.0, released on July 8, 2013.<ref name="GH200">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.gnusolidario.org/2013/07/dear-all-im-proud-to-announce-release.html \|title=GNU Health version 2.0 released! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|date=08 July 2013 \|accessdate=04 September 2013}}</ref>

	Known release dates of GNU Health are as follows:		Known release dates of GNU Health are as follows:
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	! Release date		! Release date
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			\| 2.0.0
			\| 08 July 2013<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
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			\| 1.8.1
			\| 18 March 2013<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
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			\| 1.8.0
			\| 10 February 2013<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
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			\| 1.6.4
			\| 25 October 2012<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
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	\| 1.6.3		\| 1.6.3

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	GNU Health actually began in late-2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project OpenERP), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small hospital.<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>		GNU Health actually began in late-2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project [[OpenERP]]), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small hospital.<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web \|url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ \|title=GNU adopts a healthcare project \|author=Willis, Nathan \|publisher=Eklektix, Inc. \|date=12 October 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web \|url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html \|title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=8 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web \|url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html \|title=GNU Health : Services \|publisher=GNU Solidario \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web \|url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html \|title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Thymbra \|date=27 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 \|title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=SourceForge \|date=22 July 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

	On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 1.6.3, release on August 28, 2012.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7349 \|title=GNU Health 1.6.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=28 August 2012 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>		On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 \|title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=19 September 2011 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 1.6.3, release on August 28, 2012.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web \|url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7349 \|title=GNU Health 1.6.3 is out! \|author=Falcón, Luis \|publisher=Free Software Foundation \|date=28 August 2012 \|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

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{{Infobox software
| name = GNU Health
| title = GNU Health
| logo = [[File:GNUHealthISO.png|160px]]
| screenshot = 
| caption =
| collapsible =
| author = Luis Falcón
| developer = GNU Solidario
| released = {{Start date|2011|08|16}} (1.3.0)<ref name="GHStart">{{cite web |url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/08/gnu-health-release-130-with-support-for.html |title=GNU Health release 1.3.0 with support for Tryton |author=Falcón, Luis |publisher=Thymbra |date=16 August 2011 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>
| discontinued =
| frequently updated = yes
| programming language = Python
| operating system = Cross-platform
| platform =
| size =
| language =
| status =
| genre = [[Laboratory informatics]] software
| license = GNU General Public License v3.0
| website = [http://health.gnu.org health.gnu.org]
}}

'''GNU Health''' is a free open-source [[hospital information system]] (HIS), notably used by United Nations University - International Institute for Global Health.

==Product history==

GNU Health actually began in late-2008 as Medical (which was based off of the open-source project OpenERP), a free SourceForge-based software designed to run a medical clinic or small hospital.<ref name="GHHist1">{{cite web |url=http://lwn.net/Articles/462600/ |title=GNU adopts a healthcare project |author=Willis, Nathan |publisher=Eklektix, Inc. |date=12 October 2011 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> Development steadily continued on the Medical project, gaining popularity in the public health sector. In April 2011, the development team learned OpenERP was no longer publicly making its scripts available, and a support contract would be needed to make any further upgrades. Development immediately shifted away from the OpenERP platform to the Tryton platform.<ref name="GHHist2">{{cite web |url=http://www.meanmicio.org/2011/09/free-software-versus-open-source-tryton.html |title=Free Software versus Open Source: Tryton vs OpenERP |author=Falcón, Luis |publisher=Thymbra |date=8 September 2011 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> That same month Thymbra, the entity that held the rights to Medical, transfered the Medical project to non-profit GNU Solidario.<ref name="GHTrans1">{{cite web |url=http://health.gnu.org/services.html |title=GNU Health : Services |publisher=GNU Solidario |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="GHTrans2">{{cite web |url=http://blog.thymbra.com/2011/09/why-thymbra-is-no-longer-openerp.html |title=Why Thymbra is no longer an OpenERP partner |author=Falcón, Luis |publisher=Thymbra |date=27 September 2011 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> By the beginning of July, the software had changed names to GNU Health and had been demoed — with the Tryton platform — at the International Institute of Global Health.<ref name="GHHist3">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=medical-devel&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=201107&viewday=22 |title=[Medical-devel] Succes of GNU Health Academia in the United Nations University |author=Falcón, Luis |publisher=SourceForge |date=22 July 2011 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

On August 16, 2011, the first major release of the new GNU Health application occurred in the form of version 1.3.0.<ref name="GHStart" /> An updated 1.3.3 arrived a month later.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web |url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6955 |title=GNU Health 1.3.3 is out! |author=Falcón, Luis |publisher=Free Software Foundation |date=19 September 2011 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> The latest release is version 1.6.3, release on August 28, 2012.<ref name="GH133">{{cite web |url=http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7349 |title=GNU Health 1.6.3 is out! |author=Falcón, Luis |publisher=Free Software Foundation |date=28 August 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

Known release dates of GNU Health are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
! Version
! Release date
|- valign="top"
| 1.6.3
| 28 August 2012<ref name="GHNews" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.6.2
| 18 June 2012<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.6.1
| 30 May 2012<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.6.0
| 28 May 2012<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.4.5
| 20 April 2012<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.4.4
| 11 March 2012<ref name="GHNews" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.4.3
| 30 January 2012<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.4.2
| 01 November 2011<ref name="GHSFFiles" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.4.1
| 30 October 2011<ref name="GHNews">{{cite web |url=http://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group_id=10844 |title=Latest News Approved - With Summaries |publisher=Free Software Foundation |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| 1.4.0
| 27 October 2011<ref name="GHSFFiles">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/medical/files/gnu_health/stable/ |title=Home / gnu_health / stable |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| 1.3.3
| 19 September 2011<ref name="GH133" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.3.0
| 16 August 2011<ref name="GHStart" />
|- valign="top"
|}

===Awards===

In early 2012 the Free Software Foundation awarded GNU Health as 2011's Project of Social Benefit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsf.org/news/2011-free-software-awards-announced |title=2011 Free Software Awards announced |author=Lee, Matt |publisher=Free Software Foundation |date=26 March 2012 |accessdate=28 March 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/66W0cOAnx |archivedate=28 March 2012}}</ref>

==Features==

Features of GNU Health include<ref name="GHSFFiles">{{cite web |url=http://health.gnu.org/main-features.html |title=GNU Health : Main Features |publisher=GNU Solidario |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>:

* based on disease and medical procedure standards (ICD-10 / ICD-10-PCS)
* prescription writing
* billing
* genetic and hereditary risk tracking
* epidemiological, statistical reporting
* 100% paperless patient examination and history taking
* patient administration
* doctor administration
* lab administration
* pharmaceutical knowledge base
* inventory management
* hospital financial administration
* document management

==Hardware/software requirements==

To effectively install GNU Health, you'll need:

* [[PostgreSQL]]
* Python 2.6 or greater
* Tryton 2.4
* Python QRCode library 2.4.1 or greater (only required for the qrcodes module)
* Python PyWebDAV library 0.9.8 or greater (only required for the calendar modules)

For more on installation requirements and instructions, please refer to the [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GNU_Health/Installation technical guide].

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

Screenshots of GNU Health can be found [http://health.gnu.org/screenshots.html here].

An online demo exists, though it requires a Tryton installation. [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GNU_Health/The_Demo_database#The_online_Demo_Database More information here].

==Entities using GNU Health==

Users of GNU Health include<ref name="GHSFFiles">{{cite web |url=http://health.gnu.org/community.html |title=GNU Health : Community |publisher=GNU Solidario |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>:

Africa Next Door, African Health Network, Dr. Oñativia Regional Center – Argentina, European Commission – JOINUP, Griya Husada Hospital, Griya Waluya Hospital, Marcelo-Padilla Hospital – Phillippines, Masaki International Clinic – Tanzania, Mojowarno Christian Hospital, Peerless Hospital, Portal do Software Público Brasileiro, San Vicente Primary Care Center – Argentina, Sharq Medical Center, The Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) – Suriname, The United Nations University, Victoria Hospital – Zambia

==Further reading==

==External links==

* [http://medical.sourceforge.net/index.html GNU Health on SourceForge]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/medical/ GNU Health code repository]
* [http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/health/ GNU Health development pages]
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GNU_Health GNU Health documentation]
* [http://www.gnusolidario.org/ GNU Solidario]
* [http://www.meanmicio.org/ Luis Falcón/Thymbra blog]

==References==
<references />


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