As mom to a preemie born at 28 weeks, I can relate to the desperate desire to be at your baby’s bedside in the NICU 24 hours a day. Unfortunately, the only way I could check on my baby throughout the day (and night) was via a phone call to the NICU. There was no way for me to see him or get updates without speaking to a nurse over the phone.
Now a doctor has developed an app that will allow parents to do just that. Healthcare Weekly reports that a hospital in Chicago recently launched it in their NICU with promising results.
A Chicago hospital is hoping to relieve the anxiety of parents of newborns placed in intensive care with a brand new app.
Parents who feel scared to leave their baby in Northwestern Medicine’s NICU alone to eat or sleep will now be able to get real-time updates on their child via the NICU-2-Home app.
Most parents don’t plan for their baby to end up in intensive care, so the app also aims to educate them on what to expect and the processes involved while on the unit. If the app continues to thrive, with the correct funding, it could spread across the country to be launched in intensive care units all around the US.
