An update for FreeMED --- and a bit more

Greetings to all:

I'm sure you've all noticed that we haven't yet released. We are in the process of moving to GWT from Dojo (0.9.0 alpha). There are some additional features with the GWT move and hopefully all the features you've come to love and enjoy with 0.8.4 and others in FreeMED.

The best of news is that translations are online for the 0.9 series, and while not complete, they're pretty good. We are expecting some additional languages (including Qu'iche, a meso American Languague). We hope this will spur others on to help. If you have an interest in working with the translations for FreeMED, please get involved with the forum for languages and translations.

On a secondary note, the GWT seems to make FreeMED a bit faster on the front end. Some screen delays have been eliminated. If you have an interest in alpha testing (please be aware that you may have difficulties) for FreeMED 9 please let us know.

We are in that phase where clinical expertise is in high demand. If you have thoughts about how you'd like something to 'look' or 'feel' in FreeMED, or thoughts about improvements from 0.8.4, or things that you really liked (or really disliked), let us know.
FreeMED is driven by you, the user/physician and user community.

On a personal note: I was in Guatemala, Quetzeltenango (Xela) for two weeks for an immersion Spanish course. The school I worked with, POP-WUJ that is a not-for-profit corporation that opened a medical clinic for the poor, gratis, free to those who cannot otherwise afford medical care. There are several other humanitarian projects that this school is working with including the building of vented stoves in the pueblos, safe space for children who are subjected to domestic violence, and a social work program which is still in its fledgling years. There are as part of their curricula 'Medical Spanish' as well as a 'Social Work Spanish' immersion courses. We hope to make available for that clinic a version of FreeMED in Spanish, Qu'iche, and English for the use of their patients.

If you as a physician have an interest in that clinic, please feel free to contact me directly or the folks at POP-WUJ.

For the Foundation
Irv Buchbinder