Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: notizie che nella signature del Logi non ci vanno

http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles
^l2414&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Health&
Israeli programmers design management system for Palestinian Hospitals
By David Shamah   January 12, 2009
While the news is full of stories of war, missiles, and bombings, an
Israeli company is developing a new system that will enable
Palestinian Authority (PA) hospitals to more easily and efficiently
take care of patients. It's a twist to the story we usually hear about
relations between Israel and the PA. And here's an even bigger twist:
The program is being developed by a Bnei Brak company whose staff is
made of ultra-Orthodox women.
It sounds like a co-existence fairy tale, but that's exactly what's
happening at i-Rox, an Israeli software development house that has
built applications for dozens of clients in Israel and abroad. In its
latest project, i-Rox is developing a medical administration program
for the PA, to be installed, in its first stage, in hospitals in
Ramallah and Bethlehem, and later on in other hospitals. "Hundreds of
thousands of PA residents will be able to benefit from this project,"
Yehudit Suissa, CEO of i-Rox tells ISRAEL21c. "There's no question
that this is a step forward in coexistence."
The package is fairly typical, as far as medical administration goes;
the i-Rox application will feature a database that will allow hospital
personnel to add information to patients' files, and the database will
be accessible across the network of PA hospitals using the system.
Information will follow a patient from hospital to doctor, and will be
shared by the relevant organizations that help pay for medical care -
including Israel's Health Ministry, which in many cases foots the bill
for medical care of PA residents. The system will also enable doctors
to keep case histories, prescriptions, medical history, etc.
What's atypical, of course, is the fact that i-Rox is an Israeli
company, developing this system for the PA. The PA appointed an agent
to hire a company to build this system Suissa says. "We were contacted
by their agent, a software developer from east Jerusalem, and after
showing him what we could do, he hired us to do the job," Suissa says.
The PA did not hold a tender, she says; the agent did, and he
considered a number of other contenders before deciding on i-Rox.
Ready to deliver within a month
"After passing our proposal onto the PA authorities, the agent told us
we were hired, and supplied us with the full specifications. We went
to work, and are set to deliver the system within the next month,"
Suissa says.
The deal is a feather in i-Rox's cap. "If we didn't have a quality
product the agent would not have presented our work to the PA. Clearly
they thought we could do the job, and we intend to live up to that
expectation," Suissa says.
While politics is never far behind when talk turns to Israel-PA
relations, Suissa says that his staff and the Palestinians with whom
they work "don't go there. We don't discuss politics, just shop."
Especially during times like this. "There's no question the Gaza
operation is like the giant elephant in the room that nobody wants to
mention, but both of us have an interest in avoiding pitfalls. So, we
leave politics out of it."
As far as the PA's canceling the contract in protest over the IDF
operation, Suissa says it's unlikely. "They need this system and we
can deliver it; they are just as interested in our getting the work
done as we are. Besides, we have already started, and we have a
contract," she says.
What makes this deal so unusual is that the people doing the work are
a crew of dozens of ultra-Orthodox women.
Haredi women workers are often chief breadwinners
"The women who work here are all from the ultra-Orthodox community,
nearly all from Bnei Brak," Suissa says. "All our programmers are
college-educated, and some even have advanced degrees."
i-Rox is owned by a Haredi businessman who decided to take advantage
of a large, little-known pool of talented tech workers. "Many of the
women who work here are the chief breadwinners for their house, with
their husbands in many cases learning or teaching in Yeshiva," says
Suissa. "It's a perfect solution for members of the ultra-Orthodox
community, who would not feel comfortable working in a secular
environment."
"A few years ago, you had maybe 20 women a year who graduated from
programming training course. But today, because of i-Rox and a few
other companies who employ Haredi women, over 160 women will get
degrees in programming this year," he adds.
All in all, Suissa says she likes the idea of breaking stereotypes -
both among Israelis and the Palestinians. "I think companies like ours
should be on top of the government's list of examples of coexistence.
We exemplify 'kiruv levavot,' the enhancing of positive relations
among people, both inside and outside Israel," Suissa says.
----
 "specialmente per un motivo ingiusto" (Luca Logi / rodewalder / Golda
Meir, febbraio 2008)
http://raionim.blogspot.com/2009/01/certo-che-i-qassam-sono-pericolosi_05.html

 take care of patients.
/mode bitter irony on
ciclo produttivo integrato: prima li mandano in ospedale a carrettate
poi vendono tecnologie informatiche per inventariarli
/mode bitter irony off
chiunque avrebbe potuto notare la tragica ironia di tirare fuori questa
notizia proprio in questo momento
solo uno sfegatato nazionalista come zanardo non la vede
-- 
Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy        e-mail: 
ll...@dada.it

 notizia proprio in questo momento
meglio tenerla nascosta, vero?
---
"in qualunque stato occidentale si sarebbe ragionato"   (Luca Logi /


 meglio tenerla nascosta, vero?
parli tu, che continui a parlare come se i palestinesi morti non
esistessero?