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==Database Goals== |
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* To act in conjunction with the [[TeleHealth Module]]'s ability to gather medical data |
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** Take data from [[TeleHealth Module]] to assist in diagnosis |
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* To be a medical diagnostic aid for use by people with little to no medical education or training |
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** Pictures, simple questions, very user-friendly |
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** Will take all available data (from questions and from [[TeleHealth Module]]) and formulate probable diagnoses |
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* To be a clear, concise guide to first aid and emergent care for use by people with little to no medical education or training |
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** Animations, user-friendly to the extreme |
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** Will use data to formulate best treatment options |
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*** Will consider all available resources in decision on how best to treat patient (likely without many/any formal medical resources) |
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* To act as a medical reference |
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All of the goals boil down to this one hope: to elongate and improve life |
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==Expectations== |
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* Will be helpful in situations where trained medical personnel are either unavailable or unreachable. |
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** Not to be used in place of a doctor or other person trained in medicine |
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==Implementation== |
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* It will possibly be supplemented with Javascript/SVG based animations. |
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* It will eventually be composed of the: |
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** an expert-system diagnosis aid |
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*** Based on PyClips? |
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** central reference database |
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*** based on the XTerm Medical Dictionary |
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** documentation for the TeleHealth Module |
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==Progress== |
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* [[User:DyD]] has collected some diagnosis aids used by a local hospital. |
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* 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. |
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==Problems== |
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* Sheer volume of work - thousands of diseases/ailments/injuries to classify, code, and document |
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* The biggest problem here is legal liability, a hefty disclaimer may be needed. |
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* Doing this without any medical background - can we find a doctor willing to help us out on this one? |
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* Testing - this will need plenty of testing to make sure everything is accurate and working before it is distributed |
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* Timeline - will likely take longer than will the [[TeleHealth Module]] to be completed |
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** Can a basic version be completed in time to be distributed with the MP of the [[TeleHealth Module]]? |
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** Will be in a perpetual state of needing improvement, as medical advances keep changing the face of medicine |
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*** Is someone that is able to keep up with medical advances willing to commit to supporting long-term updates? |
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==Resources== |
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Health_Organization_Essential_Medicines |
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* http://www.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/ |
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* http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php |
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* http://www.medical-dictionary.ro/index.html |
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* http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Human_Physiology |
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikislice/Medical |
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THM_:_DB |
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* http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/contact.cfm |
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* [a[http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/contact.cfm]] |
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==Contributors== |
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* Ian Daniher |
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* Steven Burns |
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* Zdenek Broz |
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* The XTerm Medical Dictionary Contributors |
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** A. S. Ivan, M.D. |
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*** Christoph Champ |
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*** Y.A. Hamed M.D. |
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*** Madalina Marin, D.D.S |
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*** Sam Vaknin |
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[[Category:Health]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:05, 21 January 2008
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