Spark Health Design
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A collaborative, international team using human-centered design and usability engineering to design medtech that improves health outcomes globally.
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Joined July 2022
📢 Announcing the launch of a new guide: Design for #oxygen concentrator usability in under-resourced healthcare settings. Download today from Spark Health Design at .or from @UNICEF at #globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability
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RT @FuturesCoLab: We believe in a world where deaths due to a lack of oxygen are a never event. And we cannot lose any more time. Acceler….
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RT @KrisTorgeson: Attending the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress #ACSCC22 in San Diego? Stop by Booth #1223 and learn about #….
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Join Spark founder @elizjohansen, Dr. Arti Ahluwalia, @CarmeDeMaria, and others for an online chat about #opensource #medicaldevices for #healthequity TODAY: Thursday, Sept 29, 2-3:30p eastern. #UNGA77. Register for free here:
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Thanks for all your work, @COVIDactiontech!. Following @FuturesCoLab now for more progress in #oxygen and #vaccines.
We're very grateful we've had this opportunity to meet our amazing grantees, partners and friends, and we're looking forward to continuing to work with many of you during this next phase. Follow our journey on @FuturesCoLab
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Check out the @Smiletrain and Lifebox @SaferSurgery capnography device unveiled at the All Africa Anesthesia Congress. Proud for the role @sparkhealthdes played in helping to gather #HCD feedback from international medical providers as part of this project. #globalhealth.
"#Capnography is the key to diagnosing esophageal intubation" - Dr Angela Enright. And the reason why developing a low-cost, high quality capnography device is a priority of the @Smiletrain-Lifebox @SaferSurgery and #Anesthesia Initiative
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RT @JustACTIONS: Read more about next-gen diagnostic tools able to measure combos of oxygen sat, temp, resp rate,❤️rate, ECG,🩸pressure & gl….
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Join Spark founder @elizjohansen, Dr. Arti Ahluwalia, and @CarmeDeMaria for an online chat about #opensource #medicaldevices for #healthequity Friday, Sept 23, 4-5:30p eastern. #UNGA77. Register for free here:
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Amplifying the thanks to funder @FCDOGovUK for their support of the work on concentrator #usability. Thank you for making this work possible.
Kudos to @FCDOGovUK for supporting this brilliant blueprint for how to transform #oxygen concentrators to ⬆️#AccesstoOxygen in LMICs👉under leadership of #OxygenCoLab @hellobrink with @SparkHealthDes @UNICEFSupply @Oxygen4life1 @cphdev #InvestinOxygen
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RT @JustACTIONS: 🙏 to Health Minof #Liberia 🇱🇷Dr Wilhelmina Jallah for milestone National #AccesstoOxygen Roadmap to ensure no patient dies….
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RT @JustACTIONS: 🙏 @Masimo for sharing data on performance of your #pulseoximeters on darker skin tones (, but what….
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RT @IntraHealth: 👏👏👏 @WHO's updated COVID19 strategy prioritizes vaccinating 100% of health workers. “Vaccinating all those most at risk….
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Although the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history, many people most at risk are still not protected against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...
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7/7 Download the guide to learn about how simple changes can make a lifesaving difference. Brought to you by: .@SparkHealthDes .@Oxygen4life1 .@cphdev .@Beth_Loring.The Oxygen CoLab team @hellobrink .@UNICEF Supply Division, Product Innovation.@UKaid
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6/7 @Sparkhealthdes, @CPHDEV, and @oxygen4life have launched a guide that includes 12 opportunities & over 100 ideas to improve the usability of:. ❇️Oxygen concentrators.❇️Flow Splitters.❇️Bubble Humidifier Bottles. #globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability
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5/7 Oxygen concentrators were originally designed for use in homes in high-resource environments. They have found a new calling providing oxygen therapy in healthcare facilities in low and middle-income countries. #globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability
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4/7 ⚠️ The patient didn’t receive any #oxygen therapy; the USD$1 plastic humidifier bottle cracked, so the nurses didn’t use the USD$1000 working oxygen concentrator. #globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability
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3/7 ⚠️ The patient didn’t receive any #oxygen therapy; the biomedical engineer couldn’t fix the concentrator because they didn’t have an extra long screwdriver to open the outer plastic cabinet. #globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability
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2/7⚠️ The patient didn’t receive any #oxygen therapy; the concentrator alarm encouraged calling the technician, so the nurse didn’t try to figure out that the tube was pinched. #globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability
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RT @JustACTIONS: Another champion biomedical engineer making healthcare work - this time in #Kenya! Congratulations to @millicentalooh of @….
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Please join us tomorrow for the launch of the guide to designing usable #oxygen concentrator systems for under-resourced settings.
Our friends at @SparkHealthDes are holding an event to launch their evidence-based guide to designing oxygen concentrators, humidifier bottles, and flow splitters. đź“… Friday, July 29, 2022 9:00a - 11:00a eastern. You can sign up to the virtual event here:
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