A quick update on what I'll be working on over the next few days.
James, Dr. Shaun, Ada and I had a call regarding PTM 47, which is aimed at moving the patientmatching module reports from a flat file system to the database.
This is going to be a complex task, but I feel that our call ironed out a lot of issues / complications that we were facing.
We are going to move the files into the database in two major stages. This will be keeping me very busy over the next few weeks.
More details on the ticket can be found here.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
I've been published in the Sunday Observer !!
Some more (slightly delayed) good news.
A article on myself and my OpenMRS work was published in this weeks Sunday Observer.
Now for those of you who don't know, the Sunday observer is Sri Lankas leading State owned English newspaper.
As I remember, their circulation is about 0.5 million copies (which is a very big deal in a country such as Sri Lanka.)
Basically, the article covers my comments on my OpenMRS work, and also some tips / hints on working in the community.
In fact, its the very same article on myself that was published in the IIT Student magazine. I cant remember if I ever blogged on that article, but let me check up on that.
I'm still looking for an online version of this item, but failing to find one, Ill upload a photo of the article.
But anyway, this article in not an actual 'victory', but rather a report of an old victory. Lets hope there'll be lots more victories over the next year ! :-)
PS: On an unrelated note, I just remembered that one of my key concerns during my days as a writer was how much longer it would take for an article about myself (as opposed to an article written by myself) to get published in a newspaper. Hmm...... So my pen name first appeared on a national newspaper at the age of 19. The first article about me was published when I'm 24. So, 24 -19 = 5 years :-)
A article on myself and my OpenMRS work was published in this weeks Sunday Observer.
Now for those of you who don't know, the Sunday observer is Sri Lankas leading State owned English newspaper.
As I remember, their circulation is about 0.5 million copies (which is a very big deal in a country such as Sri Lanka.)
Basically, the article covers my comments on my OpenMRS work, and also some tips / hints on working in the community.
In fact, its the very same article on myself that was published in the IIT Student magazine. I cant remember if I ever blogged on that article, but let me check up on that.
I'm still looking for an online version of this item, but failing to find one, Ill upload a photo of the article.
But anyway, this article in not an actual 'victory', but rather a report of an old victory. Lets hope there'll be lots more victories over the next year ! :-)
PS: On an unrelated note, I just remembered that one of my key concerns during my days as a writer was how much longer it would take for an article about myself (as opposed to an article written by myself) to get published in a newspaper. Hmm...... So my pen name first appeared on a national newspaper at the age of 19. The first article about me was published when I'm 24. So, 24 -19 = 5 years :-)
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Mutual Scoring enhancements are committed !!
So, finally, after months of sweat and toil, Mutual Scoring (or MI for short) was committed today.
To me, this represents a major milestone in my internship. Firstly, it marks my involvement in real research work with the top minds in the industry. (to put it more clearly, I can now say that I've "been there, done that, and got the tee shirt"). Secondly, it marks my commitment to this industry, and what it has to offer, and finally, that i'm doing my best to follow the advice given by Professor Szolovits, and am following in at least the general direction that he suggested.
Of course, I admit that there is a lot more that I can do, but I still have two more years until I graduate, so hopefully I'll get better.
You're welcome to check out the changes in the patientMatching module. Right now, these enhancements are very 'nerd' friendly, but not very user friendly.
I'm planning to take care of that along with the second phase of mutual scoring, which i'm hoping to start work on as soon as I take care of a few course works. (mustn't forget that I have to finish my degree as well :-)
So right now, I can happily say that phase one of MI scoring is over, and I can return to the drawing board for phase two.
Im indebted to the support given by Dr. Grannis (THE Dr. Shaun Grannis) and James Egg of Regenstrief.. I could never have done this without them.
Best Regards,
Suranga
To me, this represents a major milestone in my internship. Firstly, it marks my involvement in real research work with the top minds in the industry. (to put it more clearly, I can now say that I've "been there, done that, and got the tee shirt"). Secondly, it marks my commitment to this industry, and what it has to offer, and finally, that i'm doing my best to follow the advice given by Professor Szolovits, and am following in at least the general direction that he suggested.
Of course, I admit that there is a lot more that I can do, but I still have two more years until I graduate, so hopefully I'll get better.
You're welcome to check out the changes in the patientMatching module. Right now, these enhancements are very 'nerd' friendly, but not very user friendly.
I'm planning to take care of that along with the second phase of mutual scoring, which i'm hoping to start work on as soon as I take care of a few course works. (mustn't forget that I have to finish my degree as well :-)
So right now, I can happily say that phase one of MI scoring is over, and I can return to the drawing board for phase two.
Im indebted to the support given by Dr. Grannis (THE Dr. Shaun Grannis) and James Egg of Regenstrief.. I could never have done this without them.
Best Regards,
Suranga
Monday, December 5, 2011
My tee shirts have arrived !
So, as the heading says, my tee shirts arrived today. As anticipated, the Sri Lankan postal department had torn open the parcel to see if they can steal anything. Unfortunately for them, the parcel contained only items of sentimental value (I had especially asked Ada NOT to send anything valuable) So all the contents of the parcel were pretty much intact.
I got the Muzungu shirt (mentioned in previous post) an AMPATH tee shirt and finally, an awesome Regenstrief tee shirt.
The tee shirt is rather big, but I really really love it.
I'll post a pic of me wearing this shirt here. Please excuse my unusual apperance in this photo. It was taken shortly after I just work up :-)
Thanks to everyone who helped get the shirts from Kenya -> Indiana -> Sri Lanka !!!!!!!!!!
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