The World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) launched the Med­ical Devices Infor­ma­tion Sys­tem (MeDe­vIS) plat­form on July 8, 2024. This open-access data­base pro­vides details on 2,301 med­ical device types and stan­dard­izes device nomen­cla­ture, help­ing gov­ern­ments, reg­u­la­tors, health­care providers, and pay­ers make informed decisions.

MeDe­vIS is designed to sim­pli­fy research and deci­sion-mak­ing by offer­ing a cen­tral­ized source of inter­na­tion­al device information.

MeDe­vIS is designed to sim­pli­fy research and deci­sion-mak­ing by offer­ing a cen­tral­ized source of inter­na­tion­al device infor­ma­tion. It sup­ports the devel­op­ment of nation­al pro­cure­ment, reim­burse­ment, and facil­i­ty plan­ning lists. Pre­vi­ous­ly, device data came from scat­tered sources, mak­ing reli­able access dif­fi­cult. By focus­ing on two nam­ing systems—the Euro­pean Med­ical Device Nomen­cla­ture (EMDN) and the Glob­al Med­ical Device Nomen­cla­ture (GMDN)—MeDevIS improves data acces­si­bil­i­ty, espe­cial­ly in coun­tries like the US, Cana­da, the UK, and Australia.

The plat­form allows users to search by device name, pur­pose, or cat­e­go­ry, offer­ing details on health­care sys­tem require­ments, infra­struc­ture needs, and the device’s intend­ed use. Cat­e­gories are based on WHO’s Pri­or­i­ty Med­ical Device lists and oth­er resources, align­ing with the organization’s man­date to pro­vide evi­dence-based health tech­nol­o­gy guidance.

Inspired by the suc­cess of its Essen­tial Med­i­cines List, the WHO aims to fur­ther expand and enhance MeDe­vIS through col­lab­o­ra­tion with glob­al part­ners and stake­hold­ers. MeDe­vIS can be accessed here.

Source: Medtech Insight (an Infor­ma product)

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