Opportunity for BITSians to develop open source software for a m-health platform

[Pratik Mandrekar]

Hi,

Are you a Django expert? Android guru? Or Java wizard? Are you
interested in mobile healthcare? Want to write software that can
actually save lives?

This is an invitation to start SANA at BITS Pilani. SANA is a mobile
health open-source developer community, started at MIT with chapters
in Harvard, Yale, and Boston University.

We build apps for the Google Android platform to enable physicians in
developing countries to provide expert medical care remotely. Our
phone app captures patient data -- in the form of text, pictures,
video, and audio -- and uploads it via WiFi, GPRS, or SMS to an open-
source medical records system. Using Sana, doctors can remotely
diagnose patients. Sana solves the #1 problem facing healthcare in
developing nations: a lack of doctors in rural places.

Come join our team. Contribute to our online developer community at
http://code.google.com/p/moca/.

Visit our website for more information: http://www.sanamobile.org/


Sana has been running projects across several developing country and a
couple of pilot projects have been run in India over the past few
months. You can read recent press coverage here:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/SANA-Narayana-Hrudayalaya-to-launch-m-Health-project/articleshow/6464488.cms
http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/early-cancer-detection-with-sanas-help/202039.html
http://hindu.com/2010/08/29/stories/2010082962340400.htm

For students looking for opportunities to work on mobile technology
and health care domains, Sana provides an opportunity to learn new
things and connect with developers and students across the globe while
you are still on campus.

In case you are interested or know students or other people who might
be interested in this kindly forward this mail. For any queries or to
express your interest mail pratikm...@gmail.com. Details
regarding time involvement, exact specifications of projects available
and compensation can be discussed after you establish initial
communication.


Regards,

Pratik Mandrekar
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pratikmandrekar