EN 580.469 - Design of Economic Health Care Technologies

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Johns Hopkins University

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Permission of instructor. This spring semester course is offered to juniors and seniors in engineering with an interest in developing economic health care technologies for global health care needs. Health care technologies for global use need to be cost effective and serve the needs of the disadvantaged population. In the US as well health care costs are spiraling and economic health care technologies and solutions will be necessary. This laboratory course will focus on identifying the health care needs, coming up with innovative technical solutions, designing and building such instrument prototypes and exploring how such technologies can be disseminated globally. A new laboratory, EcoHealth, will be set up to do rapid prototyping and the students will do independent designs in this lab after doing proper needs identification and will be responsible for finding appropriate target needs. Students will be required to write the problem statement and the need analysis, submit a patent on the design, and a short proposal to seek funding from philanthropic or Government/non Government agencies. The course will focus on hands on design and projects, doing research and writing reports (or patents) pertaining to novel and useful technologies, and will receive 2 design credits and writing credits. This course, along with the 4 credit 580.471 (Principles of Design of Medical Instrumentation) offered in fall, and the 2 credit 580.571 (Honors Instrumentation) offered during the Intersession comprises an 8 credit design sequence that can serve the requirements for a full Capstone Design experience. The enrollment is restricted and subject to approval by the instructor, Prof. Nitish Thakor (nitish@jhu.edu). Selection of the students will depend on commitment and experience with hands on design and instrumentation development and an interest in global health care needs.

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2.00

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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