openECGproject

The openECGproject is an online community conceived around a simple, but challenging and worthy goal – to develop an open source, free, low cost, and clinically functional 12-lead PC-based ECG with interpretive software.

The idea was conceived to help those hospitals and doctors, mainly from the low and middle income countries, who cannot afford similar currently available and expensive commercial products. Development of a free alternative would, we believe, have a profound impact on health care not just in poor countries, but in others too.

The whole project is philanthropic and depends on the efforts of volunteers who want to make a difference, http://www.open-ecg-project.org.

Every donation is invaluable and we are very grateful for each of them. Please know that your money would be put to good use and will bring us closer to realizing the dream of producing an open source electrocardiogram.

Money would be used to:

- support site maintenance
- assist our top contributors by helping us buy them necessary materials and equipment
- to help establish an award to motivate more people to start working on this project