Edson Luiz Kitaka, director of the IT Division (DINF) of the Hospital de Clínicas (HC) of Unicamp, received, on August 20th, the award Leader Innovation Award in the Health category. The award ceremony took place during the Innovation Meeting, the largest Brazilian innovation, technology and management event, which takes place annually in the Northeast. More than a thousand participants voted online to choose the winners in each category.
“The award was unexpected for me. The cool thing was realizing that other companies are looking at what we do here at Unicamp HC. This is only possible thanks to my team and the hospital's senior management, who support me in these technological madnesses. I share this award with them”, commented Kitaka.
The vein of innovation has been beating in Kitaka for a long time. In 2009, the DINF of Unicamp HC was responsible for installing the first telemedicine room in Brazil. The room was used, for example, to help care for victims of the accident at the Kiss nightclub, in training for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and in preparations for the World Cup in Brazil. In the same year, HC also started the digital image archiving project (PACS).
In 2016, in partnership with the Eldorado Institute, an innovative system was created, for the time, involving the use of Internet of Things (IOT), which made it possible to track people and equipment. The project was named Trackbee, because it used the technology of beacons e Wi-Fi.
In 2010, the IT area began creating applications that could work in the cloud – a topic that was little discussed or known at the time – and that could be used by the entire Unicamp community. This innovation proved to be important for the process of implementing the AGHUse system, which began in 2016, and which can work in the cloud.
Already in its final phase of implementing the modules at the HC, AGHUse will soon make available a tool to improve the patient's relationship with the hospital.
“We will implement a module that will allow patients to update their registration, check their appointments, reschedule their appointment, receive guidance, among other features. The patient will be able to access all of this from their cell phone or computer”, revealed Kitaka.
Thinking about the future of the hospital, the director of DINF still intends to implement 5G technology to connect medical equipment and the metaverse – virtual reality – for surgical training and patient treatment, for example. “It’s not easy to innovate. We have good ideas. We are now looking for financing to make this possible”, highlighted Kitaka.
