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A Newborn – Digital Communication Solution for Transport of Newborns

Peter Krcho - head , Neonatal Clinic in Kosice ·

The application NEWBORN is in pilot since June 2014. Every situation has brought new ways how to use the systems, program tools open new level of communication between the personnel and patient's parents. It is one of a kind solution in Europe, unique because of either-way data replication in on-line as well as off-line regime, with integrated ultrasonographic device for more accurate diagnostics. It uses DICOM browser with Microsoft Azure guaranteed data security . Pilot operations brought new perspectives especially in the most critical situations – possibility to consult another expert or a specialist in cases of care termination due to an unsoluble congenital defect, possibility to send and receive findings before and during the transport, possibility of either-way delivery of documents between receiving and dispatching workplaces or its delivery directly to e-mail of parents during the transport. It brings much more effective reporting on patient conditions during morning visits and new education possibilities in this era of shortage of neonatologists in Slovakia.

Peter Krcho

Neonatal Clinic in Kosice
Peter KRCHO graduated at the Faculty of pediatry UK in Prague and got the attestation of pediatry a neonatology. He is currently working in Clinic of Neonatology LF UPJS and DFN in Kosice as the head of the clinic. He is also regional neonatology expert for the region of Kosice and member of Neonatology society SPS committee since 2008 and the o…
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