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cseleborg | 4 months ago

> The easiest way to get MyGNUHealth is by installing the package from your favorite operating system / distribution. Many operating system distributions already ship MyGNUHealth.

I was actually curious to try this out on my phone, since they claim to support mobile devices.

If running a command-line package manager is the easiest way to install this on Android, I don't want to know what harder ways exist.

I find this is quite typical for open source projects. The community still hasn't really, truly adopted mobile. I guess it's because of the need to have some sort of entity be present in the various App Stores? But if it's possible for servers, why is this so rare to have open source projects as app store vendors?

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BeetleB|4 months ago

> I guess it's because of the need to have some sort of entity be present in the various App Stores?

This, and the fees, and dealing with weird App stores' rules. On Android, we had F-Droid - an alternative store where one didn't need to deal with this. And as has been reported recently, Google is making changes that will essentially kill F-Droid.

The reason there's not much good open source stuff on phones compared to PCs is because the hardware is hostile to it. The few phones out there that aren't are the ones almost no one uses.

john61|4 months ago

This is meant to be used in hospitals. Where I live no hospital personal uses phones to manage healthcare data. They have PCs.

roxolotl|4 months ago

MyGNU Health looks to be along the lines of Apple Health and is intended to be used by consumers to monitor vitals and track statistics.

nradov|4 months ago

You seem to be living in the past. While EHRs are still primarily used from desktop PCs, all of the major ones have native mobile apps now. Clinicians appreciate being able to review patient charts and action alerts while away from a PC cart.

EasyMark|4 months ago

why would you run a set of software meant for medical providers (hospitals, clinics, etc) on your phone?

PhilippGille|4 months ago

Did you read the article?

> MyGNUHealth is the GNUHealth Personal Health Record application for desktop and mobile devices