GNUmed has been around a while. Most communication happens via the mailing list. Not everyone is comfortable with mailing lists and users tend to stay away from it. That is why we are planning a get together in Leipzig, Germany.

There is no formal agenda yet but here are some possible action items.

* presentation of GNUmed by a user
* presentation of GNUmed by the lead developer
* workshop on how to build a plugin
* workshop on GNUmed installation (Windows, Mac, Linux)
* introduction to GNUmed for developers
* training on how to use GNUmed for users

To plan ahead we kindly ask anyone interested to let us know at either
* http://wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Gnumed/GNUmedConf2012
* or via email to sebastian dot hilbert at gmx dot net

Conference languages will be German and English and sign language if neccessary. A date is not fixed yet but we are planning for a weekend in May or July in case any attendee will be coming from overseas etc.

If we find the ressources to do so we will try to set up a live stream for others to watch.

GNUmed 1.1.12 has been released to address problems reported by
users. Most notable are various fixes which enhance the experience on MS
Windows.

Get if from http://wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Gnumed/InstallerGuideHomeShort

GNUmed often is perceived as overly complex. There always are two sides to a story.

GNUmed was designed as a system that not only supports input of medical facts but output as well. The better and the more strucutred the input the more magic can be done while outputting the information. However structured input often is perceived as a burden by the clinican. The benefits are easily overlooked.

Just recently a new EMR software was started because of GNUmed's complexity. This particual physician wanted something simple.

From day one GNUmed was designed to seperate the user interface (exposed to the physician). This at least in theory gives the flexibility to run different interfaces on top of GNUmed's base system.

Long story we have listened to what you had to say and offer a simplified note taking plugin in GNUmed.