The Global Health Medical Device Compendium is an inventory of medical devices designed for use and/or implemented within resource-limited settings.
The compendium is sortable by health topic (e.g., Malaria and HIV/AIDS), classification (i.e., Preventative, Diagnosis or Treatment), scope (i.e., Prototype, Clinical trial, Commercialized) and location (by continent).
The Global Health Medical Device Compendium is the work of Prof. Kathleen Sienko and her graduate students, and the Center for Global Health Student Associates at the University of Michigan. New devices can be added using Form:Medical Device.
The following table shows three devices per medical topic. You can also {{#drilldownlink:category=Medical_Devices|single|link text=drill down by topic, classification, scope and/or location}}.
Usage
- Use Form:Medical Device to add new Medical Devices.
- Which populates the free text input with MediaWiki:Medical Device form preload.
- They use Template:Medical Device.
- What adds all new Devices to Category:Medical Devices. All pages in Category:Medical Devices are edited with the form.
- Devices have the following Properties:
- Special:Ask can be used to semantically search Medical Devices and build Queries, such as:
- Use http://www.appropedia.org/Special:BrowseData/Medical_Devices?_single to browse using multiple aspects.
Portals
Template:Portals navbar A whole range of regulatory and non-regulatory documents is required during clinical trials. The success of drug approval hinges on the quality of these documents – and this is where the Medical of CRS comes in. The Medical offers expert services ranging from preparing individual documents to producing all the documents needed for the draw up, coordination and documentation of clinical trials in a scientifically accurate way. Thanks to their extensive experience the professionals in the Medical understand how to meet challenging timelines and to crystallise the essential data. They are able to integrate clinical and operational data into concisely written, well structured documents complying with current regulations and guidelines. The bottom line is that CRS makes sponsors' clinical trial documentation more efficient, saving both time and money.