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Open Source Solutions for Community Health Workers. Neal Lesh, D-tree International, Dimagi Inc For Gayo Mhila, D-tree International. CommCare. A phone-based, point-of-care case-management tool for community health workers.
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Open Source Solutions for Community Health Workers Neal Lesh, D-tree International, Dimagi Inc For Gayo Mhila, D-tree International
CommCare • A phone-based, point-of-care case-management tool for community health workers. • One of many mobile apps in a growing ecosystem of open source eHealth tools.
Reminders Client lists Checklists Decision Support CHW CLIENT
OpenROSA • Consortium of organizations working together for the last 2 years on mobile data collection and decision support.
OpenXData FrontlineSMS ChildCount Protocols, Data collection Case Management Patient Management MoTECH JavaROSA CommCare OpenMRS EpiSurveyor Cell Life GATHER Open Data Kit
Local capacity • Developing capacity takes time • So start now! Don’t expect a lot right away. • Lots more innovation and integration to come. • Coded in Country • Akin to FairTrade label for software
Reflections on Open Source • Not free (total cost of ownership) • Get by giving , but giving can be uncomfortable • Much open source code is not collaboratively built, some not even released • Conducive to local ownership • Not as conducive to good tech support
Thanksfrom Gayo and Neal! Email us: gmhila@d-tree.org, neal@equalarea.com,
What I Meant To Talk About • Protocols & Point of Care systems • Open standards / interoperability • Local capacity Thanks! From Gayo too! Email us: gmhila@d-tree.org, neal@equalarea.com,
What I Want to Talk About • Protocols & Point of Care • Open standards / interoperability • Local capacity
Open Source Components CellLife, EpiSurveyor, OpenXData, Open Data Kit Form Authoring XForms Mobile Engine JavaROSA, OpenXData mobile, ODK-collect Completed XForms Cell Life, OpenXData, Open Data Kit, CommCareHQ Data Server
GATHER EpiSurveyor Protocols, Data collection Case Management Patient Management JavaROSA CommCare OpenMRS Cell Life Open Data Kit
FrontLineSMS MoTECH OpenXData JavaROSA CommCare OpenMRS ChildCount Open Data Kit