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RESEARCH

Lowering Costs
Without
Diminishing
Quality

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RESEARCH

Lowering Costs
Without
Diminishing
Quality

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The Key to Evidence-Based Care

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We believe high-quality research translates into high-quality care.

Research forms the backbone of evidence-based, protocol-driven approach to mother and child care. It also helps us achieve our vision of equitable care for all. Through research, we discover new interventions, improve upon existing ones, and develop more cost-effective solutions.

Our research is conducted in collaboration with government bodies as well as national and international organisations.

The Key to
Evidence-Based Care

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We believe high-quality research translates into high-quality care.

Research forms the backbone of evidence-based, protocol-driven approach to mother and child care. It also helps us achieve our vision of equitable care for all. Through research, we discover new interventions, improve upon existing ones, and develop more cost-effective solutions.

Our research is conducted in collaboration with government bodies as well as national and international organisations.

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212

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5.58

AVERAGE YEARS
FROM
PUBLICATION

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81

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212

DOCUMENTS

5.58

AVERAGE YEARS FROM
PUBLICATION

Cost-effective Solutions for Equitable Care

At Fernandez, we continuously strive for better solutions. Research enables us to look for practices that improve outcomes while lowering costs.

As an organization, we are working towards generating evidence-based cost effective interventions for saving newborns. Following are our core areas and evidence generated through our research has been appreciated by National and International forums.

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is one of the interventions used for low birth weight newborns. The components of KMC include skin-to-skin contact (SSC), exclusive breast feeding and early discharge. KMC is a low-cost intervention and shown to have multiple benefits. It will also boost mother’s confidence before discharge and reduce length of hospital stay.

Our research has shown that it is safe and can practiced even in very low birth weight infants (< 1500 gm). The babies can shifted to KMC ward once they are over 1.1 kg and stable without any significant problems. It has been shown to improve weight gain and reduce NICU stay thereby reducing the cost of care.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is one of the non-invasive modes of ventilation used in neonates. It is the standard primary breathing support to neonates with breathing difficulties. It has been shown to be more physiological and have lesser side effects. It also has been shown to improve the outcomes cost-effectively. We have contributed to the CPAP guidelines used for training doctors and nurses across the country. Numerous papers have been published on the effective role of CPAP in various conditions there by reducing the need for Mechanical ventilation.

As an organization, we help mothers to practice exclusive breast feeding. Exclusive breast feeding has been shown to reduce infections, better growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, when the mother or newborn is sick, it becomes difficult to sustain breast milk. Human milk-banking helps in safe storage of breast milk and its subsequent usage for the babies. The entire cost towards making it safe, storage and dispensing is borne by Fernandez Foundation thus making it free of cost for the parents.

We have contributed to national guidelines on human milk banking with our experience. Our research on increasing Mother’s own Milk (MoM) usage with the help of HMB and lactation teams has been appreciated by national organizations. MoM usage has been shown to decrease feed intolerance, infections and necrotizing enterocolitis (complication that occurs in preterm neonate) during NICU stay.

Stringent
Standards and
Precise Processes:
Research at Fernandez

All research at Fernandez is overseen by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).

The Board is approved by the CDSCO and DHR and consists of the Scientific Research Committee and the Institute Ethics Committee. With eminent experts from different fields, the Board is meticulous about maintaining the highest standards of ethical and academic integrity.

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Stringent
Standards and
Precise Processes:
Research at Fernandez

All research at Fernandez is overseen by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).

The Board is approved by the CDSCO and DHR and consists of the Scientific Research Committee and the Institute Ethics Committee. With eminent experts from different fields, the Board is meticulous about maintaining the highest standards of ethical and academic integrity.

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Better Care begins
with Better
Research

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Learn how our research is improving the health and wellbeing of mothers and newborns.