TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Emerging Technology Innovations in Global Health A1 - Kundrod, Kathryn A1 - Paul, Sai A1 - Tan, Melody A1 - Carns, Jennifer A1 - Richards-Kortum, Rebecca A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2022 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - In the last 50 years, development of new medical technologies and devices has played an important role in improving health outcomes in high-resource settings. Innovations ranging from the delivery of nasal oxygen, to obstetric ultrasound, to tools for minimally invasive surgery have reduced morbidity and mortality when patients have access. However, access to medical technologies varies widely throughout the world. Most technologies have been designed for high-resource settings and do not work effectively in settings that lack critical infrastructure such as constant, high-quality power, routine maintenance, and regular supply chains. Technologies that are appropriately designed to work in resource-limited settings can increase access to quality healthcare, bringing screening, diagnosis, and treatment closer to patients who face the greatest burdens of disease globally and reducing morbidity and mortality related to preventable and treatable conditions. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182683927 ER -