Reimagining innovation in humanitarian medicine : engineering care to improve health and welfare /: engineering care to improve health and welfare. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Krish W. Ramadurai, Sujata K. Bhatia.
• Authors: Ramadurai, Krish W; Bhatia, Sujata K (Sujata Kumari)
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Abstract; Contents; Chapter 1: The Humanitarian Relief Paradigm; 1.1 Current Humanitarian Crises: Defining the Humanitarian Aid Complex; 1.2 Medical Treatment in Unconventional Settings: Meeting the Needs of Conflict Victims; 1.2.1 Health Is Wealth: Avoiding Chronic Illness as a Perpetuity; 1.2.2 The Humanitarian Paradox: What Happens When We Leave?; 1.3 Disparities of Healthcare Services in Conflict and Disaster Areas; 1.4 Humanitarian Innovation and Frugal Engineering: A Social Perspective; References Chapter 2: Humanitarian Innovation + Medicine: Defining the Innovation Process2.1 Adapting Innovation Sub-types in Humanitarian Medicine: Turning the Unconventional into Conventional; 2.2 Frugal Innovation Sub-Types in Health and Medicine; 2.2.1 Contextualized Adaptations; 2.2.2 Bottom-Up; 2.2.3 Lean Tools and Techniques; 2.2.4 Opportunistic Solutions; 2.3 Disruptive Innovation: The Real Meaning; 2.4 Open and Reverse Innovation + Crowdsourcing and Wikicapital: The Future of Creative Problem-Solving; References Chapter 3: Frugal Medical Technologies and Adaptive Solutions: Field-Based Applications3.1 Enhancing the Interventional Capacity of Community Health Workers and Crisis-Stricken Communities; 3.2 Scaling Adaptive Solutions in the Humanitarian Field; 3.2.1 Surgical Care and Prosthetics; 3.2.2 Maternal Conditions; 3.2.3 Infectious Diseases; References; Chapter 4: Disruptive Technologies and Innovations in Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief: An Integrative Approach; 4.1 Data Collection and Crisis Management: Crowdsourced Crisis Mapping; 4.2 Robotics and Wearable Technology 4.3 mHealth, Telemedicine, and BlockchainReferences; Chapter 5: Humanitarian Innovation in the Modern Era: Ending Human Suffering; 5.1 Reworking Knowledge Transfer in the Humanitarian Ecosystem: Empowering Conflict Victim and Refugee Innovation; 5.2 The Future of Humanitarian Medicine and Creative Problem-Solving; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.34/8; Medical assistance; Social medicine; Medical assistance; Social medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030032852
• Related ISBNs: 303003285X; 9783030032845
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 01, 2019).
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