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==Database and Activity Goals==
* To provide a reference library for educational purposes
* To be a guide for first aid and treatment in emergency situations
** Acting in conjunction with the [[TeleHealth Module]]'s ability to gather medical data
*** Give advise for first responders to a medical situation
**** Pictures, animations, simple questions, very user-friendly
**** Will take all available data (from questions and from [[TeleHealth Module]]) and advise in proper emergency treatment until doctor becomes available
**** Will consider all available resources in decision on how best to treat patient (likely without [m]any formal medical resources)
** Via prompts and a specialized activity, parameterize medical information to reduce the workload of doctors, flagging individuals with the strongest needs.
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 unavailable, overworked, or unreachable.
** Not to be used in place of a doctor or other person trained in medicine

==Implementation==
* The suite will compose of the...
** TeleHealth Reference Libary
*** Port of the XTerm Medical Database
*** Various relevant wikislices
** Soft-Information Gathering Activity
*** Pictograph based multiple-choice questions
*** "click where it hurts..."
*** Parameterize medical/health information into machine parseable xml

==Progress==
* Ian Daniher 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.
* User:Pascals is has started communication with the Hesperian Foundation, which provides elegantly written medical manuals to third world individuals.

==Problems==
<!--* Sheer volume of work - thousands of diseases/ailments/injuries to classify, code, and document -->
* Legal liability, a hefty disclaimer may be needed.
* Doing this with limited 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]]?

==Data Sources==
* 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://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notifiable_diseases
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diseases_caused_by_insects
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disorders
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_illnesses_related_to_poor_nutrition
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_infectious_diseases
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_childhood_diseases
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Medical_manuals
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnosis_codes
* http://www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals/Cincinnati/patients/
* http://www.merck.com/pubs/languages.html?manual=home
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICD-9_codes_780-799:_Symptoms%2C_signs%2C_and_ill-defined_conditions
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICD-10_Chapter_R:_Symptoms%2C_signs_and_abnormal_clinical_and_laboratory_findings

==Resources for Project Implementation==
* http://www3.us.elsevierhealth.com/WOW/facesPermission.html
* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Library_grid
* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Creating_a_content_bundle
* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Creating_an_Activity
* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_Bundles
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikislice

==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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