In early 2013, the nurses at Cedars-Sinai discussed a similar system. They used unmodified iPads running Apple’s FaceTime to offer mothers the option to see their premature or sick babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) even if they were immobile while recovering from delivery or the infants were in isolation. The hospital named this service BabyTime Read More
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University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital offers parents video visits with NICU
In early 2013, the nurses at Cedars-Sinai discussed a similar system. They used unmodified iPads running Apple’s FaceTime to offer mothers the option to see their premature or sick babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) even if they were immobile while recovering from delivery or the infants were in isolation. The hospital named this service BabyTime Read More
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Challenges...
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- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.