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International Expert Consensus and Recommendations for Neonatal Pneumothorax Ultrasound Diagnosis and Ultrasound-guided Thoracentesis Procedure
Published on: March 12, 2020
[Recommendations for the computerisation of neonatology services]
F Botet1, J Figueras Aloy, I Echaniz Urcelay
1Comité de Estándares, Sociedad Española de Neonatología. fbotet@clinic.ub.es
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Establishing a standardized neonatal data collection system is crucial for harmonizing newborn infant care. The Spanish Society of Neonatology (SEN) will manage a secure database to improve diagnostic and treatment quality.
Area of Science:
- Neonatology
- Public Health
- Health Informatics
Context:
- Lack of standardized data collection systems for newborn infants.
- Absence of uniform standards of care across all neonatal conditions.
- Need for comprehensive perinatal and neonatal data.
Purpose:
- To establish a framework for harmonized neonatal care through standardized data collection.
- To create a unified record of perinatal and neonatal data for all newborn infants.
- To define criteria for diagnosis and treatment to enhance the quality of care.
Summary:
- Proposes a framework for neonatal health data collection to harmonize infant care.
- Highlights the necessity of a unified database managed by the Spanish Society of Neonatology (SEN).
- Emphasizes legal compliance with privacy and confidentiality requirements.
Impact:
- Enables determination of pathology weight using Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG).
- Facilitates quality of care assessment and comparative analysis (benchmarking).
- Aims to improve diagnostic and treatment guidelines for better neonatal outcomes.
Abstract:
The aim is to provide a framework for data collection in the health area of newborn infants allowing harmonization of their care. This requires knowing the population served, and the greatest difficulty is the absence of a data collection system and standards of care for all conditions of the newborn infant. It is essential to have a single record with the main perinatal and neonatal data of all newborn infants. The Spanish Society of Neonatology (SEN) should be responsible for the database, which must meet all legal requirements of privacy and confidentiality. It is possible to determine the relative weight of the pathology treated using Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG) and the results from a quality care perspective. Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment may be established by comparative analysis (benchmarking studies…). Conclusion and Recommendation. It is necessary to know the newborn population served, and define criteria for diagnosis and treatment to improve quality of care. The SEN wishes to address those responsible for the care in hospitals, and to ask for their support and cooperation in the implementation of these recommendations.
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