Bridging the gap between ICU care and recovery with a shared diary
Post-ICU is a personalized digital diary, shared between a patient and their family and healthcare team.
An ICU patient uses the diary to record personal developments and events.
Family and healthcare professionals can be invited to write along.
Sharing perspectives
This sharing of perspectives and personal thoughts breaks down communicative barriers. It gives shape to a more comprehensive understanding of the patient's hospitalization.
That proves not only healing to the patient, but for family and critical care staff too.
How does a shared diary improve Post-ICU care?
Journaling, the act of writing in a diary, has been shown to decrease blood pressure, ease symptoms of depression, and improve immune functioning.
All benefits that can help a patient heal and process an emotionally distressing situation, such as the ICU.
That leads to outcomes such as:
improved prevention of and recovery from PICS
reduced readmission rates
decreased recovery costs through prevention of PICS
stronger involvement of family
reduced burden on clinical staff
streamlined communication
Post-ICU in action
>60%
decreased incidence of PTSD
>75%
invite relatives to write on the diary
>175
average number of entries per journal
>400h
saved monthly on an ICU with 4 FTEs
The steps to developing
a digital patient diary
Bringing together the team
The workgroup consists of 6-8 participants of the most important stakeholders.
This means the project team, the end users and, potentially, externals such as ethicists and healthcare professionals.
Game Ready Workshop
Together with the team of stakeholders, we
- define our goals and design criteria
- come up with ideas
- draft the first prototype
in a day-long creative workshop.
Development & testing
A prototype becomes a MVP, shaped by choices made with the whole team.
Development is an iterative process: we build, test and apply our learnings to the next round.
Implementation
The finished product is implemented and ready for use.
We provide training to ensure long-term use and enjoyment of the product.
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