Thanks to some new technology from Apple, parents in Sacramento are able to monitor their babies in the ICU from their homes.  Instead of the stress and strain of trying to juggle a family, a job and a newborn stuck in Sutter Memorial’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, there is now an Angel Eye Camera that facilitates daily life.

According to NICU Nursing Director at the hospital, Christina Walsh, the camera is placed over the baby, providing parents with the opportunity to “check in and look at their baby almost anytime they want to.”

The only thing the parents need is a smartphone.  Once they download the app, they can watch their baby wherever they are.  And the cameras that are over the babies have been made possible due to the generosity of the Norah Foundation which was established by the parents of the girl who passed away in the NICU at Sutter.  Ultimately it is hoped that every NICU bed will be fitted with one of these cameras.

Another way iPhone is assisting in a knowledge increase for patients was with its Health app iOS 11.3 beta rollout launched in January of this year.  The goal was to offer patients a central location where they could look at their medical information from many hospitals and clinics and pass that on to caregivers when necessary.