Compendium of innovative health technologies for low-resource settings : assistive devices, eHealth solutions, medical devices, 2011-2013 / / by World Health Organization

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827974803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 92-4-069253-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (124 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.28/4
• Soggetti: Green technology; Medical innovations; Medical instruments and apparatus - Technological innovations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Disclaimer""; ""Assistive devices ""; ""2013""; ""Artificial prosthetic knee joint""; ""Child wheelchair""; ""Hollow mattress""; ""Magnetic prosthetic suspension system""; ""Pen-mounted CCTV camera""; ""Polycentric prosthetic knee joint""; ""Polypropylene endoskeletal lower limb prosthetic system""; ""Prefabricated components for lower limb orthoses""; ""eHealth solutions ""; ""2013""; ""Blood pressure eReader""; ""ePharmacyNet system""; ""Health and hospital information system""; ""Hearing screen eRecord""; ""Maternal and child health mobile services""""Mobile supply chain management tool""; ""Remote healthcare solution""; ""SMS-DMCare""; ""SMS service""; ""T1D system (Type 1 Diabetes system)""; ""TeleOphthalmology aided primary eye care""; ""Medical devices ""; ""2013""; ""Bedside newborn phototherapy""; ""Compact portable ultrasound""; ""Dry blood spot screening""; ""Electro-hyperthermia""; ""Fecal occult blood test""; ""Infant radiant warmer""; ""Infant warmer""; ""Infrared ear thermometer""; ""LED phototherapy for neonatal jaundice""; ""Low pressure anaesthesia machine""; ""Mandibular repositioning device""""Oscillometric ankle-arm measurement""; ""Oscillometric blood pressure measurement""; ; ""Oxygen concentrator-driven bubble CPAP""; ""Telecardiology""; ""Umbilical artery doppler analyser""; ""Other technologies ""; ""2013""; ""Postpartum uterus trainer""; ""Pressure cooker autoclave""; ""Assistive devices ""; ""2012""; ""Solar charger for hearing aid""; ""eHealth solutions ""; ""2012""; ""Biometric technology in healthcare""; ""Case-based smartphone messaging platform""; ""Cervical cancer screening information system""; ""Computer-aided detection for Tuberculosis""""Health workforce information systems""; ""Integrated smartreader & cloud services""; ""Maternal health Tanzania""; ""Medical cloud""; ""mHealth platform for community health workers""; ""New media to train health workers""; ""Primary health care continuous quality improvement (CQI) tools""; ""Rapid SMS providing availability of essential medicines""; ""Real-time measurement of meteorological events on public health""; ""Registre electronique de consultation (REC)""; ""Smart phones for supportive supervision for TB""; ""Telemedicine for HIV/AIDS care""""Telemedicine network""; ""Tele-ophthalmology software application""; ""Teletrauma""; ""Medical devices ""; ""2012""; ""Automated solar-powered blood pressure monitor""; ""Interventional cardiovascular lab""; ""Intramedullary nail and interlocking screw system""; ""Mobile ECG with web-based telemedicine platform""; ""Multi-parameter remote diagnostic kit""; ""Non-invasive hypothermia indicator for newborns""; ""Non-invasive vascular age risk prediction""; ""Non-surgical male circumcision device""; ""Oral syringe dosing clip""; ""Point of care diagnostic device for total WBC""
• Sommario/riassunto: One of the cornerstones of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) initiative is access to essential medicines andhealth technologies. Medical devices assistive devices and eHealth solutions are important components ofhealth technology which have the potential to save lives and improve quality of life and well-being. However too many people worldwide suffer because they don't have access to high quality affordable health technologywith the problem being more acute in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of the compendium series of innovative medical devices assistive devices and eHealth