Centralized User Interface for the Monitoring of Neonatal Intensive Care Patients Erin Lynne Scott Dr. Bill Walsh

Vanderbilt NICU 42 Feeding Hospitals –500+ Transports a year –Distance of 100+ Miles 56 Patient Beds Cost in the NICU is ~$2000/day Average stay is 17 days

Problem Definitions Parents and Families of babies in the Vanderbilt NICU are often 100+ miles away from child Noises, alarms, and other distractions in NICU during key developmental stages of babies

Suggested Solutions Live Image Feed of Child fed to –Nurses Station –Doctor’s Offices Requiring Secure ID for each doctor –Home Computers Requiring Secure ID for each patient –Mother’s Room in Hospital Via portable computer w/ wireless access

Customer Requirements No Interference w/ Other Equipment Minimum Development and Deployment Costs & Schedule Easy to use Limited Maintenance Cost & Effort Secure Connections Meets HIPAA Regulations

Technical Requirements Wireless Network (Available) Host Server (Available) Wireless Internet Cameras Secure Program Program Development –JAVA, Database, Tomcat Server Administrator –Need to decide who will/can fill this role on a daily basis

Current Work Defining the technical requirements –Compile into a Digital QFD Downloaded/Installed –Tomcat Server –JAVA Developer Kit Learning/Editing simple prototype program Refined Storyboard of pages in program Defined the functions in the program

Future Work January: Build Model/Program/Test Brainstorm Attachment February: Finish Building/Testing Parent Survey User/Nurse Survey Build Attachment Install/Test in NICU March: Continue Installation and Testing in NICU Adapt Model/Website to Survey results April: Finalize Report Prepare for Presentation

Future Work Program preliminary version of program Build HTML pages around program Add Database to the back end Debug / Test with users Order cameras –need to call Linksys support to confirm details

Challenges Camera Technology Currently having some file corruption in my Tomcat folder, hope to resolve issue shortly VU Children’s Hospital Opening –Postponed indefinitely

Questions, Ideas, Suggestions?