How to manage chronic diseases,especially life style diseases like-diabetes,hypertension and obesity those killing 4crore indians annually?
The metabolic syndrome Complex that is burdening the people of all walks of life causing major devastating effect on the private and public systems and purses.
Nanohealth, a startup company envisaged one brilliant solution-
The startup has created a network of local community health workers called ‘Saathis’, who are well-paid, empowered women in the community, forming a strong network of caregivers. These workers, who are trained and certified by the company, use the “Doc-in-a-Bag”, a low-cost diagnostic tool for chronic disease management among the slum groups. It has developed a data collection platform for integrated electronic health records (EHRs) and an app for screening patients for chronic diseases.
they also intend to assist in providing health insurance services among the slum groups.
One product is a portable suction machine connected to a thin endotracheal tube inserted through the nose or mouth into the air passage of a patient on a ventilator. Patients cannot effectively clear their mouths and nasal passage secretions, which can get contaminated with germs and travel to the lungs. The machine senses and removes the secretions before they reach the lungs. An external machine-learning interface controls the suction. Computer simulations and tests on medical airway training mannequins show that the technique works well, Jangir says. Coeo plans to start clinical trials next year. The technology was selected as a regional winner in the health challenge category by the global incubator and investment fund.
The metabolic syndrome Complex that is burdening the people of all walks of life causing major devastating effect on the private and public systems and purses.
Nanohealth, a startup company envisaged one brilliant solution-
The startup has created a network of local community health workers called ‘Saathis’, who are well-paid, empowered women in the community, forming a strong network of caregivers. These workers, who are trained and certified by the company, use the “Doc-in-a-Bag”, a low-cost diagnostic tool for chronic disease management among the slum groups. It has developed a data collection platform for integrated electronic health records (EHRs) and an app for screening patients for chronic diseases.
they also intend to assist in providing health insurance services among the slum groups.
How many times we face and fight fatal pneumonia in patients on ventilator in ICUs?
what can we do?
A startup , Coeo Labs, designs low-cost medical devices for emergency and critical care. One of these devices prevents pneumonia in patients on ventilators by stopping nasal passage secretions from getting into their lungs. Another device in the works will help newborns breathe when they experience respiratory distress.One product is a portable suction machine connected to a thin endotracheal tube inserted through the nose or mouth into the air passage of a patient on a ventilator. Patients cannot effectively clear their mouths and nasal passage secretions, which can get contaminated with germs and travel to the lungs. The machine senses and removes the secretions before they reach the lungs. An external machine-learning interface controls the suction. Computer simulations and tests on medical airway training mannequins show that the technique works well, Jangir says. Coeo plans to start clinical trials next year. The technology was selected as a regional winner in the health challenge category by the global incubator and investment fund.
Jangir’s other device is a simple, manually operated pump to help newborns and infants breathe when they’re under respiratory distress. At hospitals, such babies are placed on continuous positive airway pressure machines, which maintain constant air pressure through tubes inserted into each nostril to keep the lungs from collapsing. Rural clinics don’t have such machines.
Coeo’s mechanical tool converts the variable pressure applied by a person using a pressure-generating device such as a manual resuscitator, which includes a foot pump, to supply the air. Once a nurse in a rural clinic inserts breathing tubes into an infant’s nose, a family member could pump the breathing device until the baby reaches a hospital, Jangir says. The device will sell for 12,000 Indian rupees (less than US $200), which should be affordable for rural clinics, he adds.
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