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==Database Goals==
* To act in conjunction with the [[TeleHealth Module]]'s ability to gather medical data
** Take data from [[TeleHealth Module]] to assist in diagnosis
* To be a medical diagnostic aid for use by people with little to no medical education or training
** Pictures, simple questions, very user-friendly
** Will take all available data (from questions and from [[TeleHealth Module]]) and formulate probable diagnoses
* To be a clear, concise guide to first aid and emergent care for use by people with little to no medical education or training
** Animations, user-friendly to the extreme
** Will use data to formulate best treatment options
*** Will consider all available resources in decision on how best to treat patient (likely without many/any formal medical resources)
* To act as a medical reference
All of the goals boil down to this one hope: to elongate and improve life

==Expectations==
* Will be helpful in situations where trained medical personnel are either unavailable or unreachable.
** Not to be used in place of a doctor or other person trained in medicine


==Implementation==
* It will possibly be supplemented with Javascript/SVG based animations.
* It will eventually be composed of the:
** an expert-system diagnosis aid
*** Based on PyClips?
** central reference database
*** based on the XTerm Medical Dictionary
** documentation for the TeleHealth Module

==Progress==
* [[User:DyD]] has collected some diagnosis aids used by a local hospital.
* Ian Daniher has been corresponding with Aurelian, creator of [http://medical-dictionary.ro XTerm Medical Dictionary], and he has graciously offered to license the database allow OLPC and direct affiliates access and an ability to freely distribute it.

==Problems==
* Sheer volume of work - thousands of diseases/ailments/injuries to classify, code, and document
* The biggest problem here is legal liability, a hefty disclaimer may be needed.
* Doing this without any medical background - can we find a doctor willing to help us out on this one?
* Testing - this will need plenty of testing to make sure everything is accurate and working before it is distributed
* Timeline - will likely take longer than will the [[TeleHealth Module]] to be completed
** Can a basic version be completed in time to be distributed with the MP of the [[TeleHealth Module]]?
** Will be in a perpetual state of needing improvement, as medical advances keep changing the face of medicine
*** Is someone that is able to keep up with medical advances willing to commit to supporting long-term updates?

==Resources==
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Health_Organization_Essential_Medicines
* http://www.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/
* http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php
* http://www.medical-dictionary.ro/index.html
* http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Human_Physiology
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikislice/Medical
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THM_:_DB
* http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/contact.cfm
* [a[http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/contact.cfm]]

==Contributors==
* Ian Daniher
* Steven Burns
* Zdenek Broz
* The XTerm Medical Dictionary Contributors
** A. S. Ivan, M.D.
*** Christoph Champ
*** Y.A. Hamed M.D.
*** Madalina Marin, D.D.S
*** Sam Vaknin


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Latest revision as of 00:05, 21 January 2008

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