How Digital Diaries Are Changing Communication & Recovery in the Intensive Care Unit & Beyond

Article for Academic Audience: JMIR Publications

“When patients finally leave after a long stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), they may feel as if they’ve lost weeks of their life….Clear and consistent communication between patients’ family members and medical staff supports improved patient outcomes, but remains a perennial challenge in the ICU due to the complex nature of patients’ medical courses.

A digital diary - a secure app-based journal that allows staff and families to log daily events with messages, photos, and videos to chronicle a patient’s hospital stay - addresses these concerns”.