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Internet of Things (IoT)
12.4.1 INDIVO Open Source EHR
INDIVO is the original personal health platform, enabling an individual to own and manage a complete, secure digital copy of his/her health and wellness information. INDIVO
integrates health information across sites of care and over time. INDIVO is free and opensource uses open, unencumbered standards, including those from the SMART Platforms
project and is actively deployed in diverse settings.
12.4.2 HELYXON ® ’s Vision for an EHR Targeted to Physicians of Indian Market
HELYXON ® vision was to build an EHR system based on open standards and to empower
the patient to control their data. The EHR should be built on loosely coupled building
blocks which can be easily replaced. Physicians should also be able to easily customize
the system to their needs. Multiple channels of access like mobile, tablets, etc. should be
provided for parents and clinical support staff use.
12.4.2.1 Technical Approach
INDIVO was originally developed on Python 2.7 and Django 1.4. INDIVO provided
Representational State Transfer—Application Programming Interface (REST API)
which could be used by web, mobile apps, and other systems to interact with. INDIVO
OAuth 1.0a provided the authentication system which could be used by other systems and
end users. The INDIVO REST API provided facilities for user account creation and management, records management, storing medical facts, generating reports based on medical
data, data management and sharing from patient login, care nets, and messaging.
Though INDIVO provided the basic API for common use cases for patients using EHR,
the clinical management features and physician’s services and functionality were missing.
INDIVO was originally designed to be extensible and other apps could be easily built
leveraging INDIVO REST API.
12.4.2.2 Following Events Handled by HELYXON® EHR System
The users of this system (Box 12.4) are parents, paramedical workers, and physicians.
Parents: When a child falls sick, even when they do not come to the hospitals, parents
record the child’s symptoms, in their smart phones using this software. This is called
BOX 12.3 THE DRAWBACKS OF TRADITIONAL EHR
SOFTWARE THAT PREVENTS THE EFFECTIVE USAGE
1. Patients are not allowed to control who can see, use, or disclose sensitive
health data.
2. Lack of inter-operability with other EHR software and medical systems.
3. Hard to use by physicians.
4. Limited interaction with patients.
5. It is not patient-friendly.
6. Based on outdated technology and standards.
Internet of Things (IoT)
12.4.1 INDIVO Open Source EHR
INDIVO is the original personal health platform, enabling an individual to own and manage a complete, secure digital copy of his/her health and wellness information. INDIVO
integrates health information across sites of care and over time. INDIVO is free and opensource uses open, unencumbered standards, including those from the SMART Platforms
project and is actively deployed in diverse settings.
12.4.2 HELYXON ® ’s Vision for an EHR Targeted to Physicians of Indian Market
HELYXON ® vision was to build an EHR system based on open standards and to empower
the patient to control their data. The EHR should be built on loosely coupled building
blocks which can be easily replaced. Physicians should also be able to easily customize
the system to their needs. Multiple channels of access like mobile, tablets, etc. should be
provided for parents and clinical support staff use.
12.4.2.1 Technical Approach
INDIVO was originally developed on Python 2.7 and Django 1.4. INDIVO provided
Representational State Transfer—Application Programming Interface (REST API)
which could be used by web, mobile apps, and other systems to interact with. INDIVO
OAuth 1.0a provided the authentication system which could be used by other systems and
end users. The INDIVO REST API provided facilities for user account creation and management, records management, storing medical facts, generating reports based on medical
data, data management and sharing from patient login, care nets, and messaging.
Though INDIVO provided the basic API for common use cases for patients using EHR,
the clinical management features and physician’s services and functionality were missing.
INDIVO was originally designed to be extensible and other apps could be easily built
leveraging INDIVO REST API.
12.4.2.2 Following Events Handled by HELYXON® EHR System
The users of this system (Box 12.4) are parents, paramedical workers, and physicians.
Parents: When a child falls sick, even when they do not come to the hospitals, parents
record the child’s symptoms, in their smart phones using this software. This is called
BOX 12.3 THE DRAWBACKS OF TRADITIONAL EHR
SOFTWARE THAT PREVENTS THE EFFECTIVE USAGE
1. Patients are not allowed to control who can see, use, or disclose sensitive
health data.
2. Lack of inter-operability with other EHR software and medical systems.
3. Hard to use by physicians.
4. Limited interaction with patients.
5. It is not patient-friendly.
6. Based on outdated technology and standards.