Spark Health Design

A collaborative, international team using human-centered design and usability engineering to design medtech that improves health outcomes globally.

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

📢 Announcing the launch of a new guide: Design for #oxygen concentrator usability in under-resourced healthcare settings.

Download today from Spark Health Design at https://t.co/lrE31Qtqqe
or from @UNICEF at https://t.co/dTgEUVijXg

#globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability

[Better Futures CoLab @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.

Accelerating access to #oxygen in low-resource-settings requires a coordinated, systemic effort 🫁🌍

Will you join us?

#WorldPneumoniaDay2022

1/7

[Kris Torgeson @KrisTorgeson]

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!

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

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: https://t.co/8ECtDmvRaq

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

Thanks for all your work, @COVIDactiontech!

Following @FuturesCoLab now for more progress in #oxygen and #vaccines

[COVIDaction @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

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

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 @SaferSurgery]

"#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

[JustACTIONS @JustACTIONS]

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 👉https://t.co/dUinNCLQQm & kudos to 7 comps. for 11 devices profiled👇 #EveryBreathCounts

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

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: https://t.co/8ECtDmvRaq

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

Amplifying the thanks to funder @FCDOGovUK for their support of the work on concentrator #usability. Thank you for making this work possible.

[JustACTIONS @JustACTIONS]

Kudos to @FCDOGovUK for supporting this brilliant blueprint for how to transform #oxygen concentrators to ⬆️#AccesstoOxygen in LMICs👉https://t.co/pgdd25Oizg under leadership of #OxygenCoLab @hellobrink with @SparkHealthDes @UNICEFSupply @Oxygen4life1 @cphdev #InvestinOxygen

[JustACTIONS @JustACTIONS]

🙏 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 +

[JustACTIONS @JustACTIONS]

🙏 @Masimo for sharing data on performance of your #pulseoximeters on darker skin tones (https://t.co/jDGzRtMWMj), but what about other companies? @NoninMedical @InnovoMedical @EdanMedical_UK @contec_health @contecmed @santamedical @JumperMedical???
@FDADeviceInfo @DrCaliff_FDA

[IntraHealth International @IntraHealth]

👏👏👏 @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.

https://t.co/jIL3wOGzRb

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

@hellobrink Wonderful to work with @hellobrink on this program. The guide is now live and ready to download: https://t.co/3XyaZRT47g. #InvestinOxygen #globalhealth #usability #medicaldevices

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

7/7 Download the guide to learn about how simple changes can make a lifesaving difference.
https://t.co/3XyaZRT47g

Brought to you by:
@SparkHealthDes
@Oxygen4life1
@cphdev
@Beth_Loring
The Oxygen CoLab team @hellobrink
@UNICEF Supply Division, Product Innovation
@UKaid

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

📢 Announcing the launch of a new guide: Design for #oxygen concentrator usability in under-resourced healthcare settings.

Download today from Spark Health Design at https://t.co/lrE31Qtqqe
or from @UNICEF at https://t.co/dTgEUVijXg

#globalhealth #medicaldevices #Usability

[Spark Health Design @SparkHealthDes]

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

[JustACTIONS @JustACTIONS]

Another champion biomedical engineer making healthcare work - this time in #Kenya! Congratulations to @millicentalooh of @MPShahhospital! #EveryBreathCounts is inspired by your leadership & story ♀️⚕️🏥👉https://t.co/47JxJ34LFr More about the campaign https://t.co/HppZSCN0DU