Imaging the World

At Imaging the World we provide access to critical diagnostic imaging in underserved rural communities and work to deliver affordable, accessible, and reliable diagnostics as an essential component of comprehensive primary health care (PHC). We believe that high quality, and readily available diagnostics are the cornerstone for effective and successful health care. We optimize service delivery through telemedicine-enabled clinical decision support. We have developed competency-based training, and continuous supervision of front-line mid-level providers (MLP) including midwives, nurses and clinical officers as well as physicians at the point-of-care. The same provider uses the ultrasound machine to collect short videos (our obstetric sweeps protocol) over the anatomical area of concern, such as the pregnant abdomen. We have developed our own ‘train the trainer’ model so that most of the experts are local and located in sub-Saharan Africa. This leverages the competence, confidence and productivity of the midwife at the point-of-care. Ultrasound services are provided to existing facilities and systems of care.