Dr. Héctor Arrechedera Coordinador de Informática Médica Facultad de Medicina Edinburgh March 3...

Dr. Héctor ArrechederaCoordinador de Informática Médica

Facultad de Medicina

Edinburgh March 3rd, 2011

This network has grown up in the context of a Venezuela which is characterised by :

• A marked inequality in access to / quality of health care in rural areas.

• A high incidence of serious diseases (malaria, dengue, Chagas disease, respiratory illnesses, diarroeas, parasitic illnesses)

• A lack of doctors and nurses to provide healthcare services

Venezuela, a country of contrastsSOS Telemedicine for Venezuela

Universidad Central de VenezuelaSOS Telemedicine forVenezuela

The Universidad Central de Venezuela, founded in colonial times and reformed by Simon Bolivar after Independence, is the country’s primary University, because of its contribution to science and education, and its role in the resolution of the huge challenges facing Venezuela.

It currently has around 8000 lecturers and 60.000 students, sharing a University campus which is also a UNESCO cultural heritage site, in recognition of the magnificent architecture and integration of the arts.

ObjectiveSOS Telemedicine for Venezuela

The design, development and implementation of a Telemedecine programme that uses ICT to connect remote centres of primary care with clinical specialists in the Universidad Central de Venezuela, to improve the quality of national public health services, and provide continuing education to healthcare workers and their communities.

Centre of operations in the Univ. Central de Venezuela (UCV), TLM software and links with remote centres

Triage centre in the UCV in operation

Web application for managing second opinions/joint case consulting designed, developed and implemented

Connectivity with remote centres byABA/EVDO: CANTVSatélite: TelecorpGPRS: Digitel

Necesidades para la gestión del proyectoResults obtained: participants in the network

TecnologyHP: Commercial partner for proof of concept o

(2008 – 2009) & supplier of equipment (2009 – 2010)

Cisco: connectivityDigitel: telecommunicacionsTelecorp: telecommunicacionsMicrosoft: commercial & licensed applications

Centresof Medical CareHospitalsMobile CentresCIP´s

GovernmentCorposaludGovernment (national and regional)Town Hall

FinancialTotalCDCH-UCV

Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación

Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología

•Educar en el uso de los portales generados y optimizarlos para información y formación de usuarios y personal del salud de las localidades•Hacer que la educación y formación tanto a distancia como en sitio refleje de manera muy sencilla y práctica las realidades locales•Promothe the training and development of nursing personnel, and local health care assistants using the TLM as a vehicle for facilitating this.

Make local communiities co-

participants in this effort / initiative

•Take advantage of the connectivity with remote sites, and the facilities for communication through the TLM applications to increase the number of UCV students involved in rural development in these sites, and study the viability of a similar programme for the training of nurses•Make use of the medical and nursing students on their rural training programme to train and integrate local healthcare personnel into the system.

Link the rural training programme for medical students and nursing with the

TLM effort

•Definition of areas of common interestt with companies such as HP, Microsoft, and Digitel.•Define the possibilities for use of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and others

Partnership and collaborative working with

businesses

Project Lifecycle

Development of metrics for Measuring the progress and

the social impact of the TLM programme

Ongoing training for health care personnel and the commmunity of users

Agreement and committment from public and private bodies

to support the resourcing , maintenance and ongoing improvement of the TLM

Pilot as defined

Online programme of extension of the

established TLM network

Ongoing programme of extension of the

established TLM network

University Centres Involved

Organización de Bienestar Estudiantil (OBE)

Dirección de Tecnología de Información y Comunicaciones

Vicerrectorado Académico

Consejo de Desarrollo Científico y Humanístico (CDCH)

Dirección de Servicios Generales

Biblioteca Central

Escuela de Computación y Laboratorio de Fotografía de la Facultad de Ciencias

Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Dr. Féliz Pifano”

Facultad de Medicina - UCV

Consejo de Preservación y Desarrollo

Multidisciplinary Team

Trainees, Postgraduate students and Profesionales in:

• Computing• Social Science• Languages• Medicine

StudentsSOS Telemedicine for Venezuela

Doctors SOS Telemedicine for Venezuela

CommunitiesSOS Telemedicine for Venezuela

SOS Telemedicina for Venezuela

Operating PlatformUCV


Operating Plataform UCV


TeamsUCV


TeamsHewlett Packard - Cisco

SOS Telemedicina para Venezuela

TeamsMicrosoft Venezuela


TeamsProgrammers - Telecommunications


TeamsTelecommunications

SOS Telemedicine for Venezuela

TeamsCommunities

SOS Telemedicine for Venezuela

Second Opinions in Healthcare

http://sos.ucv.ve


Multimedia Database

http://www.youtube.com/TheSOStelemedicina


Sites Installed


Nueva Esparta StateJuan GriegoLos MillanesTacariguaPedregalPampatarCorposaludHospital MlitarLa Asunción El ValleIsla de CocheEl EspinalLa Guardia

Sites InstalledAchievements

SalamancaLos RoblesParaguachíBoca de PozoVilla RosaAltagraciaLos CocosRobledalPunta de PiedraBella VistaGuacucoEl Guamache


Anzoátegui StateMapirePariaguánSan Diego de CabruticaUverito Zuata

Sites installedAchievements

Sites installedSOS Telemedicina para Venezuela

Amazonas StateCacurí

Achievements

Sites installedSOS Telemedicina para Venezuela

Achievements

Sites InstalledSOS Telemedicina para Venezuela

Achievements

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