How a new digital partnership can improve health care services in developing countries

By // 05 February 2018
A community health worker uses MEDSINC to assess a child in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by: THINKMD

CANBERRA — By combining medical knowledge with a data collection and analysis platform, a new partnership between digital health care support companies THINKMD and Ona is aiming to deliver innovative health services and support to people living in developing countries.

Through MEDSINC, Vermont-based THINKMD provides a mobile clinical assessment platform that enables minimally-skilled health care workers to gather patient information, assess severity of illness, and receive treatment recommendations.

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    Lisa Cornish

    Lisa Cornish is a Devex Reporter based in Canberra, where she focuses on the Australian aid community. Lisa formerly worked with News Corp Australia as a data journalist for the national network and was published throughout Australia in major metropolitan and regional newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph in Melbourne, Herald Sun in Melbourne, Courier-Mail in Brisbane, and online through news.com.au. Lisa additionally consults with Australian government providing data analytics, reporting and visualization services. Lisa was awarded the 2014 Journalist of the Year by the New South Wales Institute of Surveyors.

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