Title: Real Time Resource Locator for Acute Neonatal Transfer Service (ANTS): LocANTS , a combined tool and system for efficiency gains in acute neonatal transfer.

Biography:

A .Dhar is an experienced paediatrician with special interest in tertiary Neonates and neonatal transport , ex-Chief Resident of Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge with a demonstrated history of leading in digital healthcare company based in London . Skilled in Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Digital Healthcare Industry,Clinical Research and Critical Care. Strong healthcare professional having wide range of experience of working in primary and secondary care in India.

Abstract

Technological improvement remains a constant need in neonatal transport. ANTS is responsible for a large geographical area (6 counties, 15% of UK) with a large population density (>68,000 deliveries/yr, > 6.168 million people). 13 transfer services out of 14 in UK are unable to meet nationally agreed key performance indicator (KPI) of mobilisation (60 min) for time critical transfers. Time taken to complete the clinical referral, collating and checking all resources (drugs, vehicle etc.), availability of teams are the main contributory factors for this delay. To improve the efficiency of transport service we are developing a tool, LocANTS ; to validate this tool we introduced a small part of this as a manual version (paper / screen) which is updated daily at 08:00 to localise available resources from January,2019. The paper copy includes on-call team/shift, pending transfers, vehicle, equipment, stock medication related updates, road and weather conditions, regional cot status, review of transfers (for shared learning) and in-utero transfers in the previous 24 hrs