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Introducing Iris v0

· 3 min read
Carlos Valdez
Carlos Valdez
Project Lead

Iris v0 summary

Ojos Project is proud to announce the release of Iris v0.1.0, the first iteration of our all-in-one caregiver tool!

Inspiration for Iris​

Many of us in Ojos Project have experienced having to take care of a family member with a serious illness. We saw first-hand the limits of technology in the hospice space, and came together to build modern tools for not just the hospice space, but the palliative care space as a whole.

Iris' development is also inspired by the literary analysis conducted by Ojos Project, as well as the various interviews we've conducted with caregivers and healthcare professionals. Their input have us incredible insight into the stress caregivers and families face.

Key features​

Summary​

Iris turns your device into a full fledged care management system, providing all the essentials you need when caring for a loved one. Not only does it help by keeping everything in one place, it includes:

  • 💊 Medication management - A simple to navigate interface to manage and log taken medication
  • 📈 Patient Reported Outcome tracking - A questionnaire for patients to keep track of their quality of care
  • 📝 Care instructions documentation - Leave notes for all caregivers to stay on the same page
  • 📹️ Video monitoring - Record your patient while you're away to ensure they're getting the best possible quality (Windows/macOS only)
  • 👥 Contacts - A list of contacts for nurses and caregivers to keep in contact

Local-first approach​

The kind of data that Iris tracks is can be very private, and we take that responsibility very seriously. Iris takes a local-first approach to data, meaning that if we can avoid keeping data the cloud, we will.

The majority of Iris data is kept locally on-device. No internet service required.

A commitment to open source​

The Iris software is licensed under the GNU GPLv3.

We released Iris under this license to ensure that our software lives to benefit people and encourage open collaboration between the world's developers.

For the tinkerers, Iris' source code is available on Github for you to play with and build from source.

Acknowledgements​

Iris was built with the support from many amazing people!

Get involved​

Want to know more about Iris? Contact us here:

Download now​

Iris is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. You can download the latest version on GitHub.