Generic drugs are getting more scarce and another large US drug manufacturer is close to folding. Drug shortages are the worst they have ever been in the US. Did you know that... -The majority of drugs in shortage in the United States cost under 5$. -Drug shortages are already lasting 1200 days vs 900 days just two years ago. -Product discontinuation is up 40%. -Only 4 of the 34 drug shortages recorded by FDA in 2023 have been resolved. -The US accounts for over 50% of medication manufactured globally. -We have double the amount of drug shortages than we did just 7 years ago. -The ASPH calculates drug shortages to be double what they are 323 vs 147. -Many generic drugs are manufactured in a single point of failure. -The cost that drug shortages cause is in the tens of billions in the US alone. Tech Serving Society NPO is developing MedHound to help alleviate these costs and the problems that plague patients health and wellbeing. Please reach out as to how you can help our organization at contact@medhound.org. #drugshortage #drugshortages #pharmacy #heathaccessibility #healthtechnology
Tech Serving Society NPO
Software Development
Pittsburgh, PA 123 followers
Technology serving people.
About us
Our mission is “providing public benefit through usable technology interfaces, easing access to information and services available through government agencies and for-profit and other nonprofit non-governmental organizations, with a special focus on underserved communities” to be accomplished by “designing, implementing, and facilitating the use of, and access to, technology in various aspects and potentially through the provision of various services.” We formed out of winning a 2021 Civic Hackathon with a solution to simplify scheduling of appointments in mass vaccination drives during the supply-constrained portion of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, so that especially the most vulnerable groups in our population wouldn't have to spend hours a day in user-unfriendly systems trying to find appointments, only to give up or be left standing in line outside for many hours on the coldest days of the year. After that original challenge was better solved with an abundance of vaccines and the rollout of vaccines.gov, we entered a period of dormancy but reactivated in 2024 with a new project called MedHound, a Crowdsourcing Community to Diminish Drug Dialing. It's a more general solution to the problem of having to waste so much time calling around to various pharmacies for hard-to-find medications. A live demo is up at demo.medhound.org!
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demo.medhound.org
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- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2021
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Check out the Medhound Team video. Wish us luck in the UpPrise BNY Mellon Social Innovation Challenge hosted by Innovation Works. A lot of work has gone into what we have done already. Special thanks to the Medhound Team as we continue to progress further towards finding hard-to-find medications with Medhound: Bruce Parr W. Ben Towne Lou Biancaniello Sarah E Daly Evan Katz Matthew Clark, PMC CSPO PSPO
MedHound Team Intro
https://www.youtube.com/
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Check out our new venture MedHound first demo! We are helping patients find the medication they need through technology. #medication #drugshortageeffects #nonprofit #hardtofindmedication #healthaccessibility
Medhound Demo Video
https://www.youtube.com/
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We Tech Serving Society NPO are excited to take part of the Create a Future Contest by SAE Media Group with our new MedHound Project sponsored by Intel Corporation, Mouser Electronics, COMSOL, Inc., and Analog Devices! Please check it out and please vote for MedHound!
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