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In this special episode, we talk with Dr. Luis Falcón and Dr. Axel Braun about the Free health and hospital information system GNU Health.</p> <p>Unfortunately, as we had to do this podcast remotely this time, we cannot provide the same level of audio quality as you are used to in this podcast. We apologise for this and will look into better solutions for remote recordings for future episodes.</p> <audio controls="" style="width:100%;"><source src="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP-special-1.opus?ref=player" type="audio/ogg;codecs=opus"></source><source src="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP-special-1.mp3?ref=player" type="audio/mp3"></source>Your browser dows not support the audio element.</audio><div class="podcast-interact inline-buttons clearfix"> <span class="share-buttons"><a href="feed://fsfe.org/news/podcast-opus.en.rss" class="button share-rss">OPUS Feed</a><a href="feed://fsfe.org/news/podcast.en.rss" class="button share-rss">MP3 Feed</a></span><span class="download"><em>Download</em>: <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP-special-1.opus?ref=download"> OPUS </a> | <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP-special-1.mp3?ref=download"> MP3 </a> | <a href="/news/podcast/transcript/episode-special-1.html?ref=download"> Transcript </a></span> </div> <p> In this special episode of the Software Freedom Podcast we talk about some of the advantages of <a href="https://www.gnuhealth.org">GNU Health</a> and how as a Free health and hospital information system it can and already does help with the current Covid-19 pandemic. Our guests are Dr. Luis Falcón who is the author of GNU Health and Dr. Axel Braun who published the first live CD of GNU Health. We discover how and why Dr. Luis Falcón got the idea for the software and what are the next steps in the development of GNU Health, how it is financed and where it is already being used. Together we speak about the importance of a Free health and hospital information system and why <a href="https://publiccode.eu/">public code</a> is essential in the public health care sector during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond. 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Public Code!” For more background information on public code in the public administrations</a></li> <li> <a href="/news/2020/news-20200408-01.uk.html">COVID-19 Hackathons: Only Free Software creates global solutions</a> </li> <li> <a href="/news/2020/news-20200403-01.uk.html">FSFE Supporters write about Free Software for remote working</a> </li> <li><a href="/news/2020/news-20200330-01.uk.html">Freeware, Free Software and the Corona Virus Crisis – Choose your tools wisely!</a></li> <li><a href="/news/2020/news-20200327-01.uk.html">FSFE in times of Corona: How a virus affects us</a></li> <li><a href="/freesoftware/freesoftware">What is Free Software?</a></li> <li><a href="/freesoftware/basics/4freedoms.uk.html">The four freedoms of Free Software</a></li> </ul> <p>If you liked this episode and want to support our continuing work for software freedom, please help us with a <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate/">donation</a>.</p> <footer id="tags"><h2>Tags</h2> <ul class="tags"> <li><a href="/tags/tagged-podcast.uk.html">Software Freedom Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="/tags/tagged-tools.uk.html">Tools</a></li> </ul></footer> </div> <aside id="sidebar"><a href="https://my.fsfe.org/support" class="small-donate">Become a supporter</a><h3 class="promo">About the FSFE</h3> <p> Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. </p> <p> Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. 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