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     overview
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     usage
     backends
     settings

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+Getting Started
+====================================
+
+Here you will find the necessary steps to install and initial configure the
+rapidsms-healthcare application.
+
+
+Requirements
+------------------------------------
+
+rapidsms-healthcare requires Python 2.6 or 2.7. Python 3 is not currently supported but is
+planned in the future as Django and RapidSMS support for Python 3 increases. It also requires
+the following packages:
+
+* Django >= 1.4
+* RapidSMS >= 0.11.0
+
+
+Installation
+------------------------------------
+
+Stable releases of rapidsms-healthcare can be found on `PyPi <http://pypi.python.org/>`_
+and `pip <http://www.pip-installer.org/>`_ is the recommended method for installing the package::
+
+    pip install rapidsms-healthcare
+
+
+Configuration
+------------------------------------
+
+The storage and retrieval of healthcare related data is configured by the :ref:`HEALTHCARE_STORAGE_BACKEND` setting.
+If you are using the default storage backend you need to change your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` to include::
+
+    INSTALLED_APPS = (
+        # Other apps go here
+        'healthcare.backends.django',
+    )
+
+If you are using a different backend then you can skip this step.
+
+
+Next Steps
+------------------------------------
+
+* For information on storing and retrieving data you can go to the :doc:`usage documentation </usage>`.
+* For information on creating a custom storage backend please see the :doc:`backend API documentation </backends>`.
+* If you have found and bug or would like to contribute a feature you can go to the :doc:`contributing guide </contributing>`.