Technology & Preterm Infant Care

Today’s guest is Tracy Warren, CEO and Co-Founder of Astarte Medical. Astarte Medical is a precision medicine company using software and predictive analytics to improve preterm infant outcomes. Astarte utilizes data collected during treatment of preterm infants to help caregivers create treatment protocols based on optimizing the health of the microbiome within the first 1000 days of life. They offer the NICUtrition platform that allows professionals to streamline their process and have easy access to patient data. Tracy is here to discuss the impact nutrition has on the first 1000 days of life for preterm babies, how their platform utilizes data to create predictions and how much the cost of preterm care can be alleviated by using their software. Listen to the podcast to learn about: • What Astarte Medical aims to do • How they hope to impact long-term healthcare by focusing on the microbiome • What happens in terms of care after a baby is born prematurely • Understanding the specific needs of preterm babies • Challenges involved with preterm health • What causes growth rate failure in preterm infants • How hospitals deal with the issues surrounding preterm healthcare today • How staff interact with the NICUtrition platform • The benefits of having consolidated data • The process of setting protocols based on collected data sets • The cost of preterm care and how utilizing NICUtrition can alleviate some of it • Re-admittance rates of preterm infants • The importance of early pregnancy education regarding nutrition • The most important technology that could improve healthcare delivery • Addressing healthcare inequality