The Makkuori university took part in an implementation project of technologies of telemedicine

On November 28, 2016 Royal Philips company, the Makkuori University in Sydney (Australia) and the medical center of Emory in Atlanta (USA) announced start of the program of remote monitoring in intensive care units and resuscitation.

Project Tasks

Partners expect that in a project deliverable specialists from Australia by means of the IT system of Philips eICU will have an opportunity in real time to watch patients on other continent, to appoint necessary procedures far off at emergence of complications. Constant control of the vital indicators and the instant notification of doctors about the slightest changes in a status of patients will promote improvement of results of treatment.

Makkuori university, (2015)

Development of specialists of the center of Emory and the center of medical sciences at the Makkuori University in Sydney will have an opportunity to work jointly, being at distance of 15 thousand km. from each other. Such approach will mean transition to a system of the integrated medical care of the future. Implementation of similar models of work on all Australia is planned, in other countries^[1].

The time difference will allow specialists to help from Sydney to colleagues in intensive care units and resuscitation in Atlanta when in the territory of the USA night. The system of remote monitoring Philips eICU will provide clinical physicians from Australia with continuous access to data on the vital indicators of patients.

Watching far off state change of patients, doctors can timely contact medical personnel on duty in Atlanta and by means of bidirectional audio-and video conference in high resolution to give necessary instructions, to consult on the arising questions. According to project participants, it will reduce risk of emergence of complications, time of stay of patients in resuscitation and will increase survival.

Referring to researches, partners in the project reported: in the organizations using the Philips eICU program death rate decreased by 26%, and the period of stay of patients in chambers of intensive therapy was reduced by 20% in comparison with departments without the system of remote monitoring.

Today the system of the integrated medical care can significantly increase quality of care after patients. In the conditions of growth of the population, lack of additional financing of intensive care units and resuscitation and the shortage of medical personnel such innovative developments as Philips eICU, allow to provide a continuous communication with highly qualified specialists who far off can timely give consultation or give necessary support. We in Philips aim to improve results of treatment and to optimize process of assistance to patients, offering the most modern medical technologies. It is sure that implementation of similar IT solutions in daily practice creates the future of health care. Such systems allow to cooperate effectively to clinical physicians on different continents that proves a possibility of implementation of such approach and for support of medical specialists in the remote regions of the country". Kevin Barrow, the managing director of Philips in Australia and New Zealand

The program of remote monitoring Philips eICU will allow to exercise continuous status monitoring of patients in Atlanta from Sydney. Thanks to the round-the-clock observation medical specialists will help patients before the situation becomes critical. Implementation of similar technologies has the enormous potential for the remote regions of Australia where specialists of intensive care units and resuscitation will be able to get advice of the colleagues who are in thousands of kilometers from them. The system of remote monitoring will allow doctors to connect the central regions of the country and medical institutions in rural areas. Timothy Bachmen, doctor, head of service of emergency aid of the center Emory

The center of medical sciences at the Makkuori University supports joint work of doctors and producers of hi-tech IT solutions for the purpose of increase in system effectiveness of health care. In the long term the international cooperation with Philips and North American experience will help to improve quality of medical care in the rural and remote areas of Australia. Michael Parr, professor, the program manager of clinical trials, intensive therapy and anesthesia of the center of medical sciences at the Makkuori University

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