Proximie, a healthtech company, has teamed up with Jhpiego of Johns Hopkins University, on a safe surgery project in Kenya.
The project will use Proximie’s software to allow physicians from across the world to virtually join and mentor colleagues in real time. This technology will help improve obstetric surgical care for women by expanding and enhancing the learning and mentorship in Jhpiego’s Obstetric Safe Surgery project. The project is currently underway in 5 hospitals in Makueni County, with the aim of gradually expanding to other counties.
The goal of the 22 month project is to support the government of Kenya’s commitment to reduce maternal and newborn deaths and obstetric-related injuries by improving the quality of caesarean sections.
Supporting the design and evaluation of the enhanced OSS project is Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Commenting on the new partnership, Dr. Doris Mbithi, Medical Superintendent of the Mother and Child Hospital in Makueni County and a partner on the OSS project said, “Sometimes things happen in the (operating) theatre and not all team members remember the process. With the recordings, we can identify gaps and rectify. I am also happy that at night, I have the possibility to support remotely, either at my hospital or to help keep a potential referral at the sub county hospital by consulting remotely.”
