It In Neonatology

IT in Neonatology

Dr.Tushar Dashora, Consultant Neonatologist, MBBS (Bom.) M.D. (Pediatrics) Fellowship in Neonatology (AIMS)

Lets go down the nostalgia trip!!!

Dr.Virginia Apgar

Dr.Pierre Budin

Neonatology-The transition

Change is inevitable!!! We have to make a choice now, either we can take advantage of the change or allow the change to take advantage of us!!!

IT-the world scene








Hi-tech NICUs Data warehousing NETS Tele-Medicine Innovative solutions Electronic medical records Smart calculators

IT-The India scene!!! Achievements



Challenges







Poor infrastructure Traditional taboos Lack of education Myths & superstitions Technological handicap Lack of the right attitude











IT & ITES growth Low cost Govt. support NRHM/Unicef /WHO 9% GDP 22% Healthcare IT 22,000 medical graduates & >6000 post graduates /yr. Hot favourite of FIIs.

Regionalisation of Perinatal care Level-I-NICU (at village/PHC level)




1940

Level-II-NICU (at city/taluk or districe level)




Level-III-NICU (at Metro/big city/Tertiary referral centre)




2007

The Million dollar question!!!
How

can IT help all the stakeholders in Neonatology? Neonatologist

State/country

Hospital/NICU

Neonate

To share a few… DMR ERP

Tele-medicine

Baby tagging

Calculators

R&D

E-commerce Websites

IT & ITES, What next?
IT

applications.
IT enabled services & their uses.
Newborn emergency transport systems.
Telemedicine solutions
Baby tagging solutions
Hospital management solutions

IT applications








Baby tagging solutions. Baby identification systems. Baby monitoring solutions. Centralized monitoring systems. Electronic baby records. Smart cards, RFID cards, baby reco Data processing, better research, better healthcare & improvised quality of life.

The global i-village
Consult

any patient ,anywhere any

time!!!
NICU-NET the big blog.
Consult overseas patients.
Medico-legal consultations.
Medical tourism.
Smart IT solutions.

Uses of Information Technology









Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Databases and Discharge Summaries Decision Support Systems Education Electronic Medical Record Ethical and Legal Issues Handheld Devices Imaging











Internet and World-WideWeb Med Line Monitoring Parenteral Nutrition Pulmonary Function Surveys and Overviews Telemedicine Ventilator Management

Benefits for the Neonatologist










Easy access. Less time consumed. Records arranged. Easy recompilation. Global viewer ship Improved quality of life. Improved patient care. Tech savvy!!! MORE MONEY!!!

Uses for the Neonatologist..












American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statements and Guidelines Cochrane Collaboration Home Page Cochrane Neonatal Systematic Reviews at NICHD Cochrane Reviews - Free Abstract Search Drug InfoBase at DocMD.COM Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research Guidelines Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research - Image















Repository Jablonski's Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation Database Medicine in Quotations OnLine MedLine at NLM (PubMed) MedPNational Center for Health Statistics National Guidelines Clearinghouse Neonatologist and Perinatologist Directory (AAP members only) ix Medical Image Database

Uses/Resources for the Neonatologist (contd…)














NeoPix Imaging Resource On-Line Images from the History of Medicine (NLM) On-Line Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) Paediapedia -- Imaging Encyclopedia of Pediatric Disease PediatricRadiology.Com Pediatric Pathology at Cornell Pediatric - Perinatal Pathology -Image Database Perinatal Statistics (March of Dimes) PubMed MedLine at NLM Urbana Atlas of Pathology WebPath Pathology Images, Perinatal WHO Health Statistics WHO Library Search

What the future holds?

What is available?

Thanks