Sessions at EuroPython 2011 about Case Studies

Friday 24th June 2011

• Healthcare process management in Python: a use case

  by Federico Caboni

  In this talk I'll describe our successful experience in introducing Python
  into a system for blood collection tube labeling in laboratory and hospital
  environments, based on IHE Technical Frameworks –the industry standard
  for modeling and streamlining healthcare processes– and designed to avoid
  human errors and ensure process traceability.

  During the talk I will explain why we chose Python in the first place,
  how we've been able to leverage the language's features and
  characteristics for our specific field and what problems and limitations
  we faced.

  I will show specific instances -showing code examples too– of Python
  usage in different parts of the project, including a low-level driver
  for laboratory automation machinery, an asynchronous messaging module,
  the implementation of IHE-compliant actors and the inevitable end-user
  web application, implemented with Django.

  Using Python greatly helped us in building our system, allowing
  very rapid prototyping cycles for both hardware and software, but during
  the talk I'll also point out what we found was missing, and what
  would be nice to have to ensure Python has its proper place as a viable
  platform for designing streamlined healthcare workflows
  based on established international standards.

  • Case Studies
  • Django
  • Healthcare
  • Python

  At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Friday 24th June

  Coverage video