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Project about medical communication in code

Chronic diseases like hypertension, high colesterol, diabetes, long term depression, osteoporosis etc. increases in number but the amount skilled workers does not, and the new treatments that are invented are often demanding very complex strategies of healthcare. In order to solve those problems we need new tools that are effecient and smart. The aim of LYMPHA is to exactly be that, to be the gear that moves healthcare to new level.

rickardhultgren 9 de febrero de 2022
machine-learning applications artificial-intelligence
Project about medical communication in code

How should developers deal with the fact that those who need your new idea are also the ones who are most negative about the idea? I'm developing an open-source programming language for medical algorithms. I've almost made a working beta version. Soon, the language could be an essential component of AI development, communication between medical devices and decision support systems. I encounter the most resistance to my ideas among other doctors. I am an open-source enthusiast, autodidact programmer, Linux user (who uses Slackware) and junior doctor. When I was a medical student a couple of years ago, I discovered that the flow of examinations and treatments is often presented as algorithms written in flowcharts, just like sketches of programming code. I started looking for a programming language for medical algorithms, but couldn't find any. Instead, I began to develop such a language as a hobby project. I call the language LYMPHA:

https://lympha.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

The basic structure looks like this:

xray. -> fracture? ;

I started encoding an OPEN SOURCE LYMPHA CLI/console interpreter written in Python:

https://lympha-interpreter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

I'm also developing an online version in Python/Brython:

http://rickardhultgren.github.io/lymphaonline/index

Now I have almost reached a level where the interpreter could be used in other than experimental contexts. If the beta version is soon ready, I plan to do some research on possible ways to use LYMPHA in AI and especially in the treatment of myocardial infarction. But first, the BET version must be completed. In March and probably April, I have time to develop the project to this level, so that LYMPHA can be used in clinical environments. I don't know how I can finance my work. Do you have any advice? Maybe we can meet through the VOIP feature on LinkedIn, Zoom or similar? I believe that the LYMPHA project can benefit both the healthcare industry and the IT industry. I've started a Kickstarter campaign for the project, but it's not going well at all:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1262477586/lympha-interpreter

Regards

Rickard Hultgren