<s>
GNUmed	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Free/Libre	B-Application
electronic	B-Application
medical	I-Application
record	I-Application
(	O
EMR	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
(	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
UNIX	B-Application
systems	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNUmed	B-Application
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
medical	B-Application
software	I-Application
that	O
respects	O
the	O
privacy	O
of	O
patients	O
and	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
open	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNUmed	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
third	O
party	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
free	O
software/open	O
source	O
DBMS	B-Application
PostgreSQL	B-Application
and	O
is	O
written	O
mostly	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
based	O
on	O
WxPython	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
GNUmed	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Horst	O
Herb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Herb	O
ceased	O
active	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
GNUmed	B-Application
was	O
picked	O
up	O
by	O
Karsten	O
Hilbert	O
who	O
took	O
over	O
as	O
project	O
leader	O
and	O
partly	O
overhauled	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
initially	O
chosen	O
to	O
give	O
credit	O
to	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
project	I-Application
and	O
GNUmed	B-Application
's	O
connection	O
to	O
the	O
medical	O
profession	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
logo	O
depicts	O
a	O
Gnu	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
project	I-Application
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
as	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
medical	O
profession	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
GNUmed	B-Application
was	O
just	O
another	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
aiming	O
to	O
become	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
established	O
EMRs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNUmed	B-Application
is	O
primarily	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
electronic	B-Application
medical	I-Application
records	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNUmed	B-Application
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
many	O
implemented	O
as	O
plugins	O
which	O
extend	O
the	O
core	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
list	O
of	O
features	O
is	O
provided	O
in	O
GNUmed	B-Application
's	O
documentation	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
GNUmed	B-Application
's	O
interface	O
3rd	O
party	O
software	O
can	O
interact	O
with	O
GNUmed	B-Application
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
