medimage

MedImage Server

The MedImage Server is a companion product to the MedImage apps on smart-phones. See http://medimage.atomjump.com

The combined product enables the medical practitioner to take a photo of a patient with their mobile phone, and have the image transferred directly into a specific folder on their PC or server. The image is tagged with a patient id immediately before the photo is taken.

The most common way to install this package is to use an internet connected PC as a 'proxy' (typically linux based), which temporarily holds the photos that are uploaded from the phone via 3G/4G to the server. A Windows Med Image reader sits on the Doctor's PC, which reads the proxy on a regular basis, and downloads images directly into a chosen folder (or folders) on the PC.

1. To Install Your Proxy

This is useful when you cannot have a Wifi connection, and must go via a secure internet connection.

On a linux based server, first install NodeJS and npm. See https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-node-js-on-an-ubuntu-14-04-server

Then:

npm install forever -g
npm install medimage -g

You may have to open the firewall to port 5566 for reading and writing eg.:

sudo ufw allow 5566/tcp

To start MedImage server

medimage start

To stop MedImage server:

medimage stop

To restart (after any config.json changes):

medimage restart

Note: this proxy daemon is always on, but the images are only kept on this machine for a few seconds.

2. On your Windows PC/local server

Download and run the installable MedImageServer.exe from http://medimage.atomjump.com

If you have installed your own proxy using npm, above, enter the URL of your proxy server eg. 'https://myproxy.mycompany.com:5566' into the third large button. You will be given a 4 digit pairing code.

3. On your MedImage Android/iPhone app

Search the Play Store or App store for 'MedImage'. Purchase and install.

Click the large blue/purple button on the app to connect and start taking photos. If you have no wifi connection it will ask you for your 4 character pairing code from your server.

Enter the patient id in the box at the top, specific to each photo. Note: #tags will allocate a directory (this will create another subdirectory inside your directory.). eg.

#elderly Fred

would create a directory called elderly/ on your PC and upload a file called 'Fred-[datetime]'

Options

These are located in the file config.json.

• backupTo should be an array of linux-style paths where the files are backed up to.
• readProxy should be null if this is the master 'proxy' server, but will be set automatically after you sync.
• listenPort is the port on your server which is open to being read
• httpsKey is optional. If you are on an https server, it is required (an http server should leave this blank). It is a file path to the key .pem file which includes your private ssl key.
• httpsCert is optional. If you are on an https server, it is required (an http server should leave this blank). It is a file path to the certificate .pem file which includes your server's ssl certificate.
• onStartBackupDriveDetect is optional. If set to 'true' it autodetects new drives added when starting, and will backup your new photos to: New Drive:\MedImage\photos