The NICU2HOME mobile application consists of five core features - Home, Update, Education Center, Journey, and Community - all of which were influenced by NICU parents and actual health care providers.
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Home
Home offers daily customized education content based on infants’ current age and parent preferences. This homepage also functions as a private social media-like platform that parents and invited relatives can connect through.
EMR Connectivity
Collects information from babies' electronic Medical records (EMR).
Updates Parents
Notifies parents of their babies' weight, feeding status, and more once per day.
Update
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Automated Tracking
Automatically tracks physiological data such as total weight gain
Milestones
Automatically and manually track milestones such as infant's first bath.
"This app is perfect for parents who aren't able to visit hospital as often as they would like. I like the daily updates - especially how it's child specific"
- NICU Parent
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Education Center
The Education Center provides a wide range of content beneficial to parents of even the youngest premature babies. The goal of this feature is to show parents what they may experience during their infant’s NICU journey. While many parents feel a sense of uncertainty throughout the NICU stay and transition home, the Education Center fosters feelings of self-competence and emotional support.
Visualize growth
Clean data visuals shows parents how far their infant has grown over time
Share with family
Updates invited family and friends on babies' progress in the NICU
Journey
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Automated Tracking
Automatically tracks physiological data such as total weight gain
Milestones
Automatically and manually track milestones such as infant's first bath.
Providing the support that parents need and more than they expected for a mobile health application
Community
Nurturing a premature baby can be tough, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. This feature aims to provide NICU families a moderated platform from which they can view curated posts and comment on their own NICU journey with the community.
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"The NICU2HOME mobile application was designed to buttress an enjoyable user experience while maintaining a seamless connection with preexisting EMR technologies."