"For Hospital Patients, Bedside Tablets and Apps Are Providing Some Control Over Care" - Fran Kritz
An increasing number of hospitals, including the Mount Sinai Health System are offering “interactive patient-care systems” — a tablet with controls and apps patients can use, including one with access to their hospital medical information. Adult patients can choose to provide access to family members or other caregivers. The apps provide medical information, such as medications and dosage, procedures, daily care schedules, test results and education videos; photos of the patient’s physicians and nurses; and an expected date of discharge, often including what factors — for example, no fever — must be met for a patient go to home. Cynthia Harrod, whose husband was a patient at The Mount Sinai Hospital last year relied on information in his chart to update the many family members who called his hospital room after he had surgery.
— Robert M. Freeman, MSN, RN, Senior Director, Clinical Operations, The Mount Sinai Hospital