Description
SIMA (Telehelp for Peritonial Dialisis) is a Mexican-Hispanic project of the Narional Board for Science and Technology (CONACYT), in collaboration with the Institute for Security and Social Services for Workers of the State (ISSSTE). The aforementioned project, which began in November 2009, has a total budget of 122,000 euros.
This agreement allows for the realisation of a pilot scheme taking place in hospital, wherein a system of follow-up will be in place, through teleconsultancy and telemonitoring, of patients with kidney problems in the relevant area of the hospital. ITACA will be responsible for the development and implementation of the system, given the previous experience of the group with this type of platform. SIMA will allow remote follow-up of patients with kidney problems who administrate dialysis in the home. The project provides a platform for the telemonitoring, teleconsultancy and follow-up of patients using dialysis. In such a way the follow-up of these patients is improved, allowing them to continue treatment outside the hospital, avoiding transfer of either the patient to the hospital, or specialised medical staff to the home of the patient. Early detecton of risk is also achieved, warning the medical staff that action is necessary and avoiding the possible need for administration of more serious treatment.
Through the platform, all measures are revised by the medical staff with the software system of management at their disposal; in the same way, the system carries out a previous analysis which allows one to detect certain anomalies of which the doctor in question is notified through sms.
The medical staff are able to visualise, using the software, all information sent by the patient, graphs of the evolution of said patient, can revise all notes made during teleconsultancy, check the patient’s medical history, any complications that may have arisen during dialysis and other points of interest incorporated in the patient’s data.
The ITACA-TSB group is responsible for the analysis of the requirements, development of the platform and implementation of the system in Regional 1st of October Hospital.
Documents
Ficha SIMA
Descripción del proyecto SIMA.
Autor
Tecnologías para la Salud y el Bienestar.
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