Thinkmd - Medsinc | Engineering For Change

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.

Implemented by

Ultrasound Technologies

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