Boston Children's Tests "MyPassport" App to Connect Doctors with Patients and their Families
Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 5:00PM
Dr. Hiep Nguyen hard at work at Boston Children's (photo credit: Boston Globe at Boston.com)Dr. Hiep Nguyen of Boston Children’s Hospital has made it his mission to bridge the gap between medical providers and their patients’ families. Nguyen led the development of a new iPad and smartphone app called MyPassport, which is currently being tested at Children’s. MyPassport seeks to centralize all patient information, present it in an easily digestible way, and allows families to organize their questions before doctors’ 3PM rounds. Also, with it’s databases showing pictures and names of doctors, nurses, patients, and their families, MyPassport can help facilitate and humanize the provider-patient relationship. We applaud Dr. Nguyen and his dedicated team in their efforts to develop this app and make it available to as many patients as possible.
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