snap for facilities. The St. Louis Children's Specialty Care Center cre-
ated an app to suit the needs of their patients. Vicki Rhomberg, MSN,
RN, program manager, explains how it works.
The facility first calls the patient's family a week before the proce-
dure to notify them that they'll be receiving a text message that has a
link to download the app and log in. Once the patient's parents down-
load and log into the app, it uses the case number to know what type
of procedure the patient is receiving. To stay HIPPA-compliant, no
patient-specific information is stored on the app, says Emily Pharr,
BSN, RN, staff nurse at the center. Instead, the videos, checklists and
other information is purely based on the case number and type of sur-
gery the patient is receiving.
The app includes everything and anything the patient may need to
prepare for surgery. That includes a video that gives patients a tour of
the hospital from "the time they walk through the doors of the facility
all the way to the waiting room and through care at home," says Ms.
Rhomberg. It also has a checklist that parents can use to prepare their
children the night before, and videos that demonstrate the surgical
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