@SparkHealthDes

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
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📢 Announcing the launch of a new guide: Design for #oxygen concentrator usability in under-resourced healthcare settings. Download today from Spark Health Design at sparkhealthdesign.com or from @UNICEF at unicef.org/supply/documents/… #globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability
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Better Futures CoLab@FuturesCoLab12 Nov 2022
We believe in a world where deaths due to a lack of oxygen are a never event. And we cannot lose any more time. Accelerating access to #oxygen in low-resource-settings requires a coordinated, systemic effort 🫁🌍 Will you join us? #WorldPneumoniaDay2022 1/7
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Kris Torgeson@KrisTorgeson17 Oct 2022
Attending the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress #ACSCC22 in San Diego? Stop by Booth #1223 and learn about #Lifebox the global non-profit making surgery & anesthesia safer around the world!
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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: lnkd.in/eyQhSU7B
Sustainable Development Goals Science Summit at UNGA77 13-30 September 2022

ALT Sustainable Development Goals Science Summit at UNGA77 13-30 September 2022

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Thanks for all your work, @COVIDactiontech! Following @FuturesCoLab now for more progress in #oxygen and #vaccines
COVIDaction@COVIDactionTech12 Sep 2022
Replying to @COVIDactionTech
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
Lifebox@SaferSurgery9 Sep 2022
"#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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@JustACTIONS12 Sep 2022
Read more about next-gen diagnostic tools able to measure combos of oxygen sat, temp, resp rate,❤️rate, ECG,🩸pressure & glucose &/or hemoglobin. Bravo @PATHtweets & @UNITAID for report 👉bit.ly/3Bz1XN1 & kudos to 7 comps. for 11 devices profiled👇 #EveryBreathCounts
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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: lnkd.in/eyQhSU7B
Sustainable Development Goals, Science Summit at UNGA77, 13-30 September 2022. Includes image of a plant growing out of a laboratory flask and 17 logos for each SDG.

ALT Sustainable Development Goals, Science Summit at UNGA77, 13-30 September 2022. Includes image of a plant growing out of a laboratory flask and 17 logos for each SDG.

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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.
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@JustACTIONS18 Aug 2022
Kudos to @FCDOGovUK for supporting this brilliant blueprint for how to transform #oxygen concentrators to ⬆️#AccesstoOxygen in LMICs👉unicef.org/supply/documents/… under leadership of #OxygenCoLab @hellobrink with @SparkHealthDes @UNICEFSupply @Oxygen4life1 @cphdev #InvestinOxygen
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@JustACTIONS8 Aug 2022
🙏 to Health Minof #Liberia 🇱🇷Dr Wilhelmina Jallah for milestone National #AccesstoOxygen Roadmap to ensure no patient dies for lack of O2. #EveryBreathCounts salutes your leadership & calls on @mfdp_lib to #InvestinOxygen with @WorldBankAfrica @GlobalFund @UNITAID @USAIDAfrica +
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@JustACTIONS25 Jul 2022
🙏 @Masimo for sharing data on performance of your #pulseoximeters on darker skin tones (masimo.com/webinar-01212021), but what about other companies? @NoninMedical @InnovoMedical @EdanMedical_UK @contec_health @contecmed @santamedical @JumperMedical??? @FDADeviceInfo @DrCaliff_FDA
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👏👏👏 @WHO's updated COVID19 strategy prioritizes vaccinating 100% of health workers. “Vaccinating all those most at risk is the single best way to save lives, protect health systems and keep societies and economies open," says @DrTedros. loom.ly/kDJiHRk

WHO updates COVID-19 strategy in bid to vaccinate all health workers, those most at risk

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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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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7/7 Download the guide to learn about how simple changes can make a lifesaving difference. uni.cf/3oFolwN Brought to you by: @SparkHealthDes @Oxygen4life1 @cphdev @Beth_Loring The Oxygen CoLab team @hellobrink @UNICEF Supply Division, Product Innovation @UKaid
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@JustACTIONS28 Jul 2022
Another champion biomedical engineer making healthcare work - this time in #Kenya! Congratulations to @millicentalooh of @MPShahhospital! #EveryBreathCounts is inspired by your leadership & story ♀️⚕️🏥👉staging.pd.co.ke/breaking-th… More about the campaign bit.ly/3PGcLwW
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Please join us tomorrow for the launch of the guide to designing usable #oxygen concentrator systems for under-resourced settings.
Brink@hellobrink28 Jul 2022
Our friends at @SparkHealthDes are holding an event to launch their evidence-based guide to designing oxygen concentrators, humidifier bottles, and flow splitters. 📅 Friday, July 29, 2022 9:00a - 11:00a eastern You can sign up to the virtual event here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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