Agriculture
February 20, 2024
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Product Description
MEDSINC is a simple-to-use, self-training, mobile, integrated clinical assessment software platform that enables minimally skilled users to effectively assess how sick a child is and provide immediate triage and treatment recommendations. Targeting children two months to five years, MEDSINC guides users through a clinical severity assessment for four critical clinical conditions: respiratory distress, dehydration, infection risk (sepsis), and malnutrition, as well as eight common diagnoses.
Demo video.
Target SDGs
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Target Users (Target Impact Group)
Community
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
THINKMD will distribute its product through channel partners, private and public.
Manufacturing/Building Method
Software development.
Intellectural Property Type
Select Type
User Provision Model
Clients request a demo through the website.
Distributions to Date Status
Thousands of users between clinics and partner NGOs.
Mobile service required
SMS, USSD, Internet
Level of coverage needed
N/A
Device(s) required
Feature phone
Additional features required
None.
Permanent network connectivity required (Y/N)
No: With or without access to cellular/wireless connectivity, the plateform is able to run its services.
Two way communication (Y/N)
Yes.
Usage rate (%)
80% – 95%
Literacy support (Y/N)
Yes.
Languages available
English.
Operating system and version
N/A : web plateforme.
mHealth application
- Acquires patient demographics, illness history, vital signs and physical examination data.
- Provides immediate clinical severity assessment and illness screens for an expanding list of clinical conditions.
- Based on the generated clinical assessments, MEDSINC provides age and weight specific evidenced based triage, treatment, and follow-up recommendations that comply with WHO, IMCI and ICCM guidelines, treatment recommendations and essential medicines such as ORS, zinc, Amoxicillin DT, and other evidenced based treatments.
- MEDSINC facilitates data acquisition and storage for each clinical assessment performed by its user
Design Specifications
1) Gather patient demographics; 2) Collect symptoms and illness history; 3) Capture key vital signs and physical findings.
Product Schematics
Technical Support
Available.
Replacement Components
N/A
Lifecycle
N/A
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
50 million preventable childhood deaths by 2030.
Vetted Performance Status
MEDSINC platform already delivers 80 to > 95% correlations . For every 1000 MEDSINC users:
- 300 child lives saved
- $19.4 M in productivity gains from a decrease in morbidity and mortality
- 4.5x increase in compliance with WHO protocols
Safety
N/A
Complementary Technical Systems
N/A
Academic Research and References
Rodney Nascimento Guimarães, Zilma Reis, May 2017, A multiband reflectance photometric device for reveal gestational age at birth
“Product Demos.” 2021. ThinkMD. July 28, 2021. https://thinkmd.org/product-demos/
“Goal 3.” n.d. Sdgs.Un.Org. Accessed June 7, 2024. https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal3
User, Guest. 2018. “MEDSINC Pilot Study Closeout Meeting and Certificate Conferment Ceremony —.” EHealth Africa – Building Stronger Health Systems in Africa. July 23, 2018. https://ehealthafrica.squarespace.com/blog/2018/7/23/medsinc-pilot-study-closeout-meeting-and-certificate-conferment-ceremony
“Our Partners.” 2021. ThinkMD. July 28, 2021. https://thinkmd.org/our-partners/
Compliance with regulations
Unknown.
Evaluation methods
MEDSINC has been validated with world-class partners in 5 countries on 4 continents. Accuracy and usability has been confirmed through rigorous user testing and side-by-side clinical trials.
Other Information
None.
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