open health - open source of innovation

Ándago Open Health March 2010

Open Source of Innovation

Table of Contents

Ándago........................................................................................3

Mission........................................................................................4

Business Areas...........................................................................5

Open Health Assistant.................................................................6

Technology and Functions...........................................................7

Advantages.................................................................................8

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Ándago

Ándago, pioneer company and a referee in th use of Open Source technologies since its

foundation in 1996, is one of the mainly providers of global services and solutions associated with

Information Technologies, and it is specialized in consulting, development and integration of

solutions.

Our mission is to contribute to the development of innovation and the optimization of processes

within companies and the public administration, implementing ICT solutions that are suited to their

real needs.

Ándago employs over 60 employees with a continuous growth over 35% sustained for 4 years in

turnover.

Ándago has emphasized an active R&D and technological innovation policy from the very

start. This consists of the search for, definition, and development of technological solutions and

innovative projects that allow its clients to move to the cutting edge of their possibilities.

The efforts invested in the R&D&I area in the last year demonstrate the importance of this aspect,

with the company devoting close to 30% of its professional assets, a percentage that puts it at the

head of the indices regarding Innovation in Spain.


Open Health

Mission

Our mission is to contribute to the development of innovation and the optimization of processes

within companies and the public administration, implementing ICT solutions that are suited to their

real needs.

Our mission translates into real and tangible benefits for companies and institutions, including

flexibility of the implemented solutions, lower implementation costs with respect to exclusively

proprietary solutions, the reuse of third-party developments, easy expansion of functions,

scalability of systems to incorporate new

expansions, and adaptability to changing

organizations and environments, guaranteeing

increased functional and technological

performance with the best price-quality

relationship.

Our philosophy consists of providing a

comprehensive service with high added value

based on professional experience and solutions acquired through the participation in relevant

projects and alliances with leading companies in our business areas.

At Ándago, we are actively committed to the strategic objectives of our Clients through our

services aimed exclusively at:

• Innovation to serve business

• The search for project financing

• Evaluation of functional and technical options

• Design and implementation of operational technical solutions

• Security in terms of project functions, costs, and deadlines

• Support and maintenance of implemented systems

• Transfer of knowledge

• Switchover management

• Communication of results

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Business Areas

Ándago develops solutions divided into business areas or knowledge specializations, aimed at

individual projects for Administrative Modernization and Digital Cities:

• Administrative Modernization Area

• Standardization of administrative

procedures and processes

• Electronic processing and telematic

registration

• Management of dossiers

• Document management

• Electronic invoicing

• Public procurement

• Government interoperability

• Electronic invitations to tender

• Land Management Area:

• IDEs

• Street maps / Points of interest

• Planning / Land Registries

• City resource management

• Environmental management

• Digital Content and Services Area

• Digital Citizens: city portals,

interactive TV, Citizen Services,

tourism portals

• PYME Digital: Open CCs.

• Health and Welfare Area

• e-Health

• Social Welfare

• Social Services Technical Office

Management

• Technology Engineering Area

• Messaging and collaboration

• Identity management

• Wireless networks


Open Health

Open Health Assistant

The Open Health Assistant platform provides a set of remote social-healthcare service

solutions that are personalized for patients who require some type of personalized monitoring or

help, both at and away from the home.

Open Health Assistant helps in the daily lives

of people with chronic care needs, such as

assisted living for elderly or dependent

persons, facilitating mobile assistance services

that cut down on visits to hospitals and doctor

house calls, as well as assistance provided by

emergency services, minimizing travel and the

cost of public healthcare services.

It also provides services that facilitate remote

assistance of those people who are

responsible for caring for a patient, whether that

be a family member, caregiver, or social worker.

The immediate result is an increase in the quality of life of patients and a decrease in dependence

on healthcare centers and on family members or caregivers.

Open Health Assistant is based on an R&D project financed by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism,

and Trade (MITandT).

Open Health Assistant has been developed using standard systems and open architectures that

are widely used and that promote:

• A technological platform that offers a catalog of useful services for the entire Patient

tracking environment: Patient, Family Members, Caregivers, Doctors.

• Multichannel access to services, either through web portals, DTT, mobile platforms, etc.

• Integration between different biomedical and home-automation devices.

• Interoperability between different Health Care systems, compliance with communication

standards.

• Modular: the client uses what it needs and integrates it into its systems


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Technology and FunctionsIn terms of its technology, Open Health Assistant is based on recognized Open Source

components:

• Developed in Java compatible with JEE 5 specifications

• Services Oriented Architecture (SOA).

• Security based on WS-Security SSL

• Scalable at all levels: application server, database,

• Components with access API that allows easy integration with other services.

Open Health Assistant was developed entirely using open-source technologies with no licensing

costs, and is made up of a set of services and modules that are also distributed under this type of

license, which means that public institutions do not incur any additional costs.

The platform offers a set of personalized remote service solutions. Specifically, the Open Health

Assistant includes the following functions:

• Patients who require health care treatments who do not require hospital stays.

• Patients convalescing from medical or surgical processes

• Patients with chronic illnesses 24 hours a day

• Integration with multiple biomedical sensors for online monitoring of patients. The devices

that are managed include: blood pressure meters, electronic pillboxes, heart-rate monitors,

scales, etc.

• Integration with the Customized Assistance Protocols defined by the patient’s Care

Supervisor, medial specialist, Home-care doctor, Mutual Healthcare Benefit Society.

• Integration with Personalized Care Protocols defined at the Healthcare Center, reference

hospital, insurance company, Mutual Healthcare Benefit Society.

• Calendar to register all of the home care actions, allowing the multidisciplinary team to

monitor all of the directives to be followed.

• Management of reminders or alarms, using mobile devices to display different calendars

for: medication guidelines, doctor's appointments, vaccinations, location of centers,

addresses of interest.


Open Health

• Remote clinical history. Recording of the Clinical History of the home care. The

multidisciplinary team has access to the patient's vital signs that have been monitored via

mobile with biomedical sensors.

• Access to the Healthcare DB based on diagnostic guidelines, patient symptoms, health

states, etc.

• Access to information on points of interest, regarding pharmacies, social service centers,

etc.

• Patient location via GPS.

• Integration with General Patient Information Systems.

• Tracking of Hospital Care delivered at home, mobile tracking of care, mobile/web for

medication.

• Attention of the healthcare team through process monitoring

AdvantagesFor Government:

• Increases productivity and reduced costs in public health care services

• Improved mobility services reducing visits to health care centers

• Automatic systems or assistance doctors/operators give orders to patients

• Facilitates the intensive tracking of information regarding the status and location of patients

• Decreases the degree of patient dependence

For the Patient:

• Geo-referencing of healthcare-related points of interest

• Automation of doctor’s appointments

• Improved medical treatments

• Minimizes travel to hospitals

• Improves the quality and quantity of medical information given to patients

• Social integration of patients


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