Intracuff buffered lidocaine versus saline or air - A comparative study for smooth extubation in patients with hyperactive airways undergoing eye surgery. Jaichandranvv, DA, Bhanulaksbmi IM, DA, Jagadeesh, MD, Department of Anesthesiology; Thennarasu M, M.Sc Statistics, Department of Biostatistics, Vision Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Founder
Dr. Thennarasu Maruthamuthu
MSC, PGDBS, PHD, CPHQ, CPHRM
Chief Statistician and Assistant Professor, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia
Founder of Ragava International Statistical Institute with global healthcare quality, analytics, training, and consultancy reach across India, the Middle East, Asia, and the USA.
Dr.Thennarasu is renowned world-class healthcare quality trainer and consultant accredited as Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) from National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), U.S.A. His professional background spans more than 20 years in the healthcare industry focused on developing integrated and innovative statistical models for process excellence. A versatile healthcare quality consultant, he has contributed the unique quality improvement model, DMCIB, which was published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety in 2016. His works place an emphasis on performance improvement, patient safety and risk management, quality improvement and healthcare research. In collaboration with different healthcare organizations in Saudi Arabia and India, his consistently exceeding goals and objectives challenge healthcare environments to adapt the best of accreditation standards from Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCI) and Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI).
His continually improving reputation and drive to spread knowledge via classroom training sessions and e-learning makes him extraordinary. With outstanding updated resources, he offers training classes for CPHQ, CPPS, CHQ, CPSO, Healthcare Data Analytics, MINITAB for healthcare quality improvement and SPSS for Clinical and Epidemiological research as well as individualized professional development guidance for MBA, MPhil and PHD students from different countries like India, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia.
The Statistical Scorecard, Dashboard and Road Map for Healthcare Key Performance Indicators were some of his innovative customized business development software applications designed to reward cost-efficient and improved patient outcomes. He is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Consultant with ongoing research activities upon demand by healthcare professionals from various hospitals and primary healthcare centers paving the way for development of new tools for inpatient satisfaction, OPD satisfaction and employee satisfaction in the University Hospital. Being a healthcare transformational strategist, he has served as a prominent trainer for more than 80K professionals.
His areas of expertise and keen interest lie in developing and validating healthcare quality competence, offering the following ongoing professional development and research services to clients upon demand:
- Development and use of statistical and data manipulation software including R, SPSS, Minitab, and SAS.
- Delivery of statistical analysis for clients in a variety of sectors including academics, healthcare, finance and risk management, environment, and the public sector.
- Development and delivery of bespoke statistical training courses both to university students and corporate clients.
- Application of a variety of statistical techniques including regression modelling, statistical computing, time series analysis, Bayesian statistics, sample design and analysis, data visualisation, and medical statistics.
- Six Sigma Projects: Completed more than 10 Lean Six Sigma projects for healthcare quality improvement.
- Lecturer in Statistics, Jaya College of Arts & Science and Engineering (1999 - 2004).
- Biostatistician, Apollo Main Hospital (2004 - 2008).
- Biostatistician, Sankara Nethralaya (2008 - 2012).
- 2005 - 2007: Visiting faculty, Apollo College of Nursing.
- 2006 - 2012: Biostatistician, Vel RS College of Nursing.
- 2007 - 2011: Research consultant cum Biostatistician, Santosh Hospital, Besant Nagar, Chennai.
- Research consultant cum Biostatistician, GG Hospital, Nungambakkam, Chennai.
- 2006 - 2008: Research consultant cum Statistician, Tamil Nadu Labour Studies, Chennai.
- 2006 - 2012: Research consultant cum Biostatistician, Bilroth Hospital, Chennai.
- 2007 - 2009: SPSS instructor, Vel Tech Technical University, Avadi, Chennai.
- 2010 - 2012: Visiting Faculty, MMM College of Nursing.
- 2010 - 2012: Biostatistician, M.V. Research Center for Diabetes, Chennai.
Research and Publications
Selected research, publication, and scholarly contribution highlights.
A method of Endotrachealturecuff inflation paediatric patients undergoing general Anaesthesia - A pilot study. Dr. VV Jaichandran, Dr. Bhanulaksbmi IM, Dr. R Sujatha, Dr. J Kavitha Devi, Mr. Thennarasu Ragavendra, Biostatistician, Vision Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Introduction to Biostatistics.1 - Classifying Variables by type. M. Thennarasu, Biostatistician, Dr. VV Jaichandran, Dr. VishnuVahanPrasan & Dr. RR Sudhir, Department of Preventive Ophthalmology & Anesthesiology.
Introduction to Biostatistics.2 - Descriptive Statistics. M. Thennarasu, Biostatistician, Dr. VV Jaichandran, Dr. VishnuVahanPrasan & Dr. RR Sudhir, Department of Preventive Ophthalmology & Anesthesiology.
Introduction to Biostatistics.3 - Testing of Assumptions. M. Thennarasu, Biostatistician, Dr. VV Jaichandran, Dr. VishnuVahanPrasan & Dr. RR Sudhir, Department of Preventive Ophthalmology & Anesthesiology.
Introduction to Biostatistics.4 - Correlation Analysis. M. Thennarasu, Biostatistician, Dr. VV Jaichandran, Dr. VishnuVahanPrasan & Dr. RR Sudhir, Department of Preventive Ophthalmology & Anesthesiology.
Introduction to Biostatistics.5 - Regression Analysis. M. Thennarasu, Biostatistician, Dr. VV Jaichandran, Dr. VishnuVahanPrasan & Dr. RR Sudhir, Department of Preventive Ophthalmology & Anesthesiology.
Effect of Sedation on Visual sensations in patients undergoing cataract surgery under topical anaesthesia: a prospective randomized masked trial. Jaichandran V. Venkatakrishnan, Chandra M. Kumar, Vineet Ratra, Jegadeesh Vishwanathan, Vijay A. Jeyaraman, Thennarasu Ragavendra.
Homocysteine induces oxidative stress in young adult central retinal vein occlusion. Subramaniam Rajesh Bharathi Devi, Ganesan Suganeswari, Tarun Sharma, Maruthamuthu Thennarasu, Narayanasamy Angayarkanni.
Tear fluid small molecular antioxidants profiling shows lowered glutathione in Keratoconus. Aluru Venkata Saijyothi, Jenofar Fowjana, Subramanian Madhumathi, Mahadevan Rajeshwari, Maruthamuthu Thennarasu, Padmanaban Prema, Narayanasamy Angayarkanni.
Two dimensional electrophoretic analysis of human tears: Collection method in dry eye syndrome. Aluru Venkata Saijyothi, Narayanasamy Angayarkanni, Chandran Syama, Tatu Utpal, Agarwal Shweta, Srinivasan Bhaskar, Maruthamuthu Thennarasu, Rajappa M. Sivakumar, Padmanaban Prema.
Factors influencing student’s overall satisfaction in Course Evaluation Surveys: An exploratory study. A Al-Kuwaiti, T Maruthamuthu, A Al Kuwaiti. International Journal of Education and Research 2 (7), 661-674.
Factors associated with the quality of outpatient service: The application of factor analysis – A case study. A Alkuwaiti, T Maruthamuthu, S Akgun. International Journal of Healthcare Management, 1-6.
A new performance improvement model: adding benchmarking to the analysis of performance indicator data. A Al-Kuwaiti, K Homa, T Maruthamuthu. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 42 (10), 462-465.
Akademik tıp merkezi hastanesi için yeni bir hizmet memnuniyeti anketinin güvenirliği ve geçerliliği. A Al-Kuwaiti, T Maruthamuthu. Health Care 4 (1), 57.
Yedi temel kalite aracının kullanımı ile ilgili performans değerlendirme ve iyileştirmesi için bir model: sağlık performansı için bir yol haritası. A Al-Kuwaiti, T Maruthamuthu. Health Care 3 (3), 111.