It’s estimated that 53 million Americans take care of a chronically ill family member, friend or neighbor. Health-care systems expect these caregivers to handle a lot of responsibilities, such as administering medications and coordinating appointments.
In response to this challenge, Westchester County resident Tina Sadarangani, Ph.D., a nurse practitioner and professor at New York University in Manhattan, has developed a free, secure app called CareMobi. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), CareMobi is a hub for families and care team members to share and track vital signs, notes, documents, appointments, medication and more on one platform. CareMobi streamlines communication and organization, ensuring care is not a game of telephone. This makes it easier for everyone involved in a patient’s care to stay informed and up to date. Doctors can then work with families to make better treatment decisions based on what happens at home – where 99% of health care takes place.
CareMobi was initially designed to support families caring for a person with dementia, but its versatility extends to anyone in need of coordinated care. Sadarangani has said she is on a mission to ensure patients and their families are getting optimal, not usual care, from their doctors – and for her, CareMobi is a critical part of that.
