Dr RR Pulgaonkar
CEO, Jaslok Hospital

No healthcare specialty is leftuntouched by technology, says Dr RR Pulgaonkar, CEO, Jaslok Hospital.He talks to Nikita Apraj, ENN about theexclusive technologies being used atthe hospital

How does technology help hospitalsin providing better quality services?
Healthcare is bit slow in accepting IT ascompared to other sectors. Thats thereason healthcare sector is not as developed as other sectors like banking andrailway are.CT Scan is a beautiful example of howtechnology helps in healthcare. Thereare other technologies like MRI, DigitalSubtraction Angiography (DSA) nuclearmedicine, gamma camera. Technologyhas changed the ways treatment andmanagement works.


What IT solutions you haveimplemented in Jaslok Hospital?

Our aim is to be a paperless hospital.We want all hospital data to be in elecronic form and we are already marchingtowards it. Every patient in Jaslok Hospital is given a smart card at the entry pointand has registration and other detailsof the patient. The patient simply needs to swipe the card whether he goes toOPD, X-ray, lab or to any department inthe hospital. We use a comprehensiveHospital Information Service (HIS) fromNapier Software, Singapore. It covershospital management and basic patientdata in which case-sheets can be incorporated later.We also have Laboratory InformationService (LIS), automated solutions in ourlaboratories, Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS), Radiology Information Service (RIS). All these servicesand inventory management, pharmacyand all other department of the hospitalare linked together. Simply entering thepatient ID can provide us with all the information about the patient.

What role can mobile devices play inthe field of healthcare? Does JaslokHospital use telemedicine?
Mobile devices are an in-thing these days.We provide SMS alerts to our patientsregarding their diagnostic reports. At present, it is not automated but soon it will be.Handheld devices can be used bydoctors and nursing staff while takinground. They can enter the rescriptionand instructions on these devices whichthen will transfer to pharmacy, billingsections and other related departments.It makes the information available to another point the moment it is entered. Wedo not yet use telemedicine. However,we are planning to go for it soon.

Which state-of-the-art equipmentsand technologies are used in JaslokHospital?
We have the latest 3 Tesla MRI. We perform MR guided Focused Ultrasoundsurgeries which is the only of its kind inthe country. The technology is used todissolve tumours in any part of the bodywithout any surgery. It is a revolutionarytechnology. We already have treated morethan 250 surgeries with this technologywhich is the highest number in the world.Besides, we also use PET scan, DSA,Cardiac cathlab. We have got variousRF updated systems to deal with motionstudies and motion-defect surgeries likethose related to tremors. For radiotherapy, we have commissioned two LINACs(Linear Accelerators), of which one is thelatest version.

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