1. BabyView: Real Time Monitoring of NICU Patients Erin Lynne Scott Dr. Bill Walsh

2. 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

3. What is the problem? Parents and Families of babies in the Vanderbilt NICU are often 100+ miles away from child

4. Incumbent Technologies Provide Digital Images of newborn Often part of a prenatal information website at hospital Used in both NICU and regular nursery http://www.infantxpress.com/depot/20061 Web Babies http://www.st-margarets.com/WebNursery.asp

5. Estimated Hospital Costs (1 year – 30 Beds – 5 New Patients/Day) *Development of BabyView (4 years of tuition?) **Growing Family requires the family to purchase pictures ***Based on M-F Schedule

6. 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

7. 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 Paid for by the hospital, free service to the patient HIPAA Regulations –Secure Internet/Password Protected –Parent Consent for participation in BabyView

8. Hospital A Camera Hospital Server Baby Info Internet Family Home Mother’s Hospital Room Nursery Hospital B Baby Info Mother’s Hospital Room

9. Baby Info Logon Screen Admin Page Parent/Family Hospital Staff Administrator Website Structure

10. Logon Screen HTML PAGE JAVA Applet Database Runs the Applet on Server Accesses

11. Safety Concerns Electrical Malfunctions –Surges –Fuses Mechanical Failure –Camera Falling Off? Interference during HealthCare Procedures –Protocols for NICU use

12. Work to Date Camera Arrived and “Setup”“Setup” –Camera Wireless Issues Final Story board Created Websites completed JAVA Program finished Database Selected –Caspio Bridge

13. Future Work Develop Database Debug Program Program Testing Meet with Dr. Walsh next week (after SB) Define Protocol for NICU Monitor usage

14. Acknowledgements Dr. Walsh –Professor of Pediatrics Attending Neonatologist, Chief of Nurseries Dr. King –Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ray Erlandson –Department of Biomedical Engineering Dr. Dan Lindstrom

15. Questions, Ideas, Suggestions?