1. Deployment of ICT in Education the Amrita
Group: The difference it has made
Dr.Prem Nair
Medical Director
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
Cochin, Kerala

2. AIMS Healthcare Institute
AIMS’ extensive infrastructure comprises of :
1300 bed super-specialty referral University teaching
hospital
24 modern operating theatres
275 well-equipped Intensive Care beds
A referral Diagnostic Clinical Laboratory
Advanced Molecular Biology & Cytogenetics Lab
State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Imaging Centre
Filmless Radiology Information system
Integrated Hospital & Laboratory Information system
CHD/24/7 Telemedicine Services
EMR

3. Healthcare Campus
College of Medicine
College of Dental Science
College of Nursing
School of Nursing
College of Pharmacy
Post-graduate medical training programme in all broad and
superspecialities
Centre for Nanosciences
Centre for Advanced Research for Clinical and Fundamental
Sciences
Centre for Allied Health Sciences

4. e - REVOLUTION

5. - A-view
- AUMS
- AMRITA VIDYA
- Telemedicine
- HIS
- Haptics & Simulators
ICT and AMRITA

6. e-Revolution* in Education
Partnership of:
 Amrita University
 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
 IIT
 MHRD
 Cognizant Technologies
* Education facilitated by electronics

7. A-VIEW Classroom
A-VIEW Classroom is a framework that provides a
rich interactive social environment for E-Learning. It
is simple, user friendly video conferencing software,
which provides a great opportunity to a teacher to
teach in a live interactive mode to various
geographical locations across India.
A-VIEW Classroom provides opportunity to connect
several universities together and creates virtual world
for students. It also acts as a Knowledge Cafe where
students can discuss /chat about the lecture after the
live class.

11. e-Revolution in Education
 The front-end of this satellite network is an e-learning studio and classroom
at Coimbatore.
 This e-studio is equipped with 6 simultaneous synchronous LCD panels.
 The teacher is empowered with the unique capability of performing two-way
live audio-video interaction between four Amrita campuses
 Coimbatore
 Kochi
 Bangalore
 Amritapuri

12. e-Revolution in Education
The facility is equipped with 130 seats for
classroom instruction, 24 x 7, using the dedicated
satellite link with a bandwidth of 1.5 Mbps.
The e-classroom is ergonomically designed to
enhance the teaching and learning process and
give teachers and students the feel of a normal
classroom session.

13. AUMS

14. Amrita University Management
System(AUMS)
Amrita Technologies has developed an
integrated world-class University Management
System (UMS) which includes an e-learning
platform Amrita Vidya, a web based software
for effective management of learning services.

15. AUMS contd..
AUMS develops and supports all the major
university-wide administrative and learning
management systems. AUMS practically covers the
entire area of operations of the university. It includes
admission module, administration module,
academics module, accounts module, examination
module, library and other modules.
Actively registered Amrita students and faculty can
access AUMS using the links based on the
campus/school they belong to.

16. AMRITAVIDYA

17. AMRITAVIDYA
Integrated system that enables easy access to
data
Data recovery across Campuses
Reports and statistical analysis of student
progression.
Security, Roles and Privileges.
Easy management of fee instalments.
Complete modelling of the academic workflow

18. Continuing Nursing Education
Programme (CNE)
Offline programmes
Online programmes

19. Unit orientation with senior
staff for one month or more
(Check list)
Regular classes in
the wards and icu
Orientation 7 days
Offline Training

20. Amritavidya
3 articles/month
• 2 –In-service
• 1-Infection Control
Certification Programmes

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29. Telemedicine

30. Telesurgical Procedure at Pampa
Tele-Surgery in progress
Team of Specialists
along with recovered
patient at AIMS ICU

31. Tele-Psychiatry consultation for a tsunami
victim

32. Tele-Pathology Microscope

33. Hp
Cervix with tumor Tumor with endometrial lining
Infiltrating muscle

35. Tele Cardiology Programme at
Wayanad
Tele-Echocardiography in progress

36. Telecardiology with Andaman Island

37. Tele speech therapy

38. Tele ophthalmology Project
 Total number of patients screened
in 2009 – 5771
 Tele ophthalmic consultations done
– 1122

39. Uttaranchal
Relief
Operations

40. E-health
 Information
 Managing health information
 Hospitals
 Diseases
 Maximising health benefits for populations
 Disseminating information on health care and prevention
 Health workers
 General public
 Delivering medical practices
 Telemedicine initiatives
 Haptics
Teaching and training of healthcare providers

41. Pan African E -health program

42. M- Health
M health for better penetration in rural and
underserved areas.

44. Spoken Web Project
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Kochi
Carnegie Melon University Pittsburg USA
IBM research labs USA

45. Digital Library
MD Consult
University of Buffalo Digital
Database
Amrita Vidya Textbooks on
Intranet
E-journal library
Comprehensive Education –Medical
Services continued

46. Electronic Medical Record
Teaching Case
Casualty
R
adiology
N
urses
D
octors
Emergency
OutPAtient
In Patient
Labs
EMR
Disease Profiling / Management
Clinical Queries
Research Augmentation
Target Identification
Target Validation
Drug Discovery

47. Electronic Medical Record

48. Hospital Information System
Receive live patient data with alerts and evidence-based knowledge,
integrating basic science, clinical reasoning and technology
Easily retrieve clinical data from EMR Database for comparative study of:
Prevalence, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Formulary, Patient safety and Research
Retrospective studies in: Outcomes analysis, Drug interactions, pharmacovigilance

49. •Extensive image library for easy annotation and diagramming
•Greatly enhances the teaching and learning process.
•Promotes vertical integration between clinical and basic sciences.
(Anatomy ,Physiology, Pathology )
Opportunity for students to develop and perform
their own clinical research projects with:

50. Haptics & Simulators

52. Cardio -Respiratory -Auscultatory &Abdomial
examination mannequins
All Normal & abnormal heart sounds ,respiratory sounds ,abdominal
Peristaltic sounds can be heard .

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55. CPR Mannequins for BCLS,ACLS training with multimedia teaching systems
Cardiac arrest, arrythmias, various degrees of heart
blocks can be created and brought back to normal by
treatments

56. Amrita Medical Haptics

57. www.amrita.edu/ammachi
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3D Immersive Simulation Training
Top Left: 3D Holographic Display for
Teaching Anatomical Structures
Top Right: 3D manipulation for assembly
tasks (example shown is motorcycle
assembly)
Right: Haptic simulation training for Lumbar
Puncture

58. Motion Tracking Systems for Skill training
www.amrita.edu/ammachi
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Top: Full hands mapping for intuitive
manipulation in virtual environments
Right: Motion tracking based games for
physical rehabilitation

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Haptic Simulators
for Vocational Training

60. www.amrita.edu/ammachi
Tablesaw Bench Drill Planar
Nut Driver Hacksaw Metal File
Virtual Reality Simulation Training

61. www.amrita.edu/ammachi
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3D Multimedia for Education
Pictures of full 3D house for teaching
virtual plumbing, electrical work,
masonry, carpentry etc.

62. High Fidelity Advanced trainers available in the Market
-Ultrasound Trainer
-Laparoscopy
-Gastrointestinal endoscopy
-Endoscopic Ultrasound
-Bronchoscopy
-Cardiac Catheterization
-Dentistry-Dentsim
VIRTUAL HUMAN INITIATIVE

63. Thankyou