Telemedicine in Pediatric Care: here is how Cisco develops its know-how in Brazil.

Here, we talk about a pilot project developed with the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) that will shorten distances and expedite service to patients.

This means, Cisco technology will be used in the care of children in Brazil´s northeastern region, in the towns of Lagarto and Tobias Barreto, connecting local clinics to hospitals and specialists from the capital of the state and the Federal

University of Sergipe, improving medical assistance.

In fact, the final goal is to improve access to specialized care and the quality of life and services received by children and their families.

Connectikpeople may recall that, the project is part of Cisco’s global program of social responsibility called “Connected Healthy Children”, and combines the efforts of UFS, an institution acknowledged for its excellence in medical sciences, with those of medical assistance providers in the cities involved. It is also sponsored by the State Secretary of Health, Ministry of Health and City Halls of Tobias Barreto and Lagarto.

Henceforth, the children from Tobias Barreto and Lagarto will have their medical appointments in family health clinics monitored in real time by specialists at the University Hospital of Aracaju and the UFS campus in São Cristóvão.

According to Cisco, due to the quality of sound and high definition image of the Cisco’s TelePresence^® telemedicine solution, specialists will be able to view and talk to the children, access lab results and aid the local general practitioner with a second opinion.

Cisco also announced the implementation of continuing education programs, providing distance learning opportunities to state health professionals. ‘’Through the collaboration tools Show and Share®, WebEx®, and Jabber®, it will be possible to create and manage secure video communities, schedule virtual classroom sessions, and remotely access services through mobile devices’’.

The program on family health clinics is expected to be fully operative in the coming months, further enhancing the integration between teams from the towns of Lagarto and Tobias Barreto with teams at the Federal University of Sergipe and the capital.