Atlântico uses dojot platform to accelerate development of IoT solution for Unimed Fortaleza
access in temIn fact, information about the symptoms of a patient admitted to the ICU of a hospital is essential for the early diagnosis and adequate treatment of serious illnesses, which bring a risk of death. This is the case of sepsis (formerly known as septicemia), or generalized infection, which was the focus of a proof of concept carried out by Instituto Atlântico with Unimed Fortaleza using the dojot open platform, developed by CPQD with the aim of accelerating the creation of applications of Internet das Coisas (IoT) in several areas.
“The purpose of the proof of concept was to evaluate the development of a solution capable of helping to identify the occurrence of clinical sepsis protocols, through remote monitoring and automatic treatment of vital signs of patients collected by a multiparametric monitor”, says Danielly Guimarães, project manager at Atlântico, one of the main science and technology institutions (ICT) in the Northeast. She explains that, currently, these data are collected manually by health professionals, during periodic visits to hospitalized patients, and compared with the parameters of clinical protocols.
“With the application, the idea is to have the data collected in temreal po, so that the health professional can act quickly if anomalies are detected”, adds Danielly. For this purpose, the multiparametric monitor used in the proof of concept (or PoC, for its acronym in English) gained a Raspberry Pi board with Wi-Fi connection, which sends data from the patient's vital signs to the dojot platform. “The application consumes data from dojot and enables the early identification of any parameter that indicates the occurrence of sepsis.”
For the PoC, which lasted two months and was carried out within the IoT Platform project (conducted by CPQD with resources from FUNTTEL/Finep and which tem Atlântico as one of the partners), a multiparametric monitor simulator connected to a patient was used, focusing on the sepsis clinical protocol. “There aretem several symptoms that, according to the protocol, indicate that the patient is heading towards sepsis”, explains Liliana Rodrigues Pereira, project analyst at Unimed Fortaleza. “The faster the disease is detected, the more effective its treatment, which is reflected in patient safety, adequate therapeutic conduct and in temskillful po and reduction of temtype of hospitalization”, emphasizes Liliana.
These benefits, identified during the proof of concept, led Unimed Fortaleza to hire Atlântico to evolve the IoT solution, which will be incorporated into its Care Monitoring project – for which Liliana is responsible. “The PoC was carried out in a simulated environment, with equipment and a protocol. The intention now is to use the solution in a real environment, with hospitalized patients, and with other medical equipment, such as mechanical ventilators, for example, used in cases of Covid-19”, says Liliana. “In addition, we are going to look at other clinical protocols that may also benefit from this solution,” she adds.
The intention is to implement the new solution at Hospital Regional Unimed (HRU), in Fortaleza, which offers more than 300 beds. The project tem duration of approximately one year, but the adoption of an agile methodology by Atlântico allows for faster deliveries during this period. The dojot open platform is also an important resource to streamline development. “Dojot's technology enabled the rapid evolution of the project. In the first phase, with the gain in temdevelopment, we were able to put the solution into operation in two months”, highlights Liliana