Bringing Silicon Valley to the ICU: My Vision of Data for Good By Rob Seaman

Any parent can relate to the anxiety of being encharged with a newborn completely dependent on you yet unable to communicate its needs. This worry is amplified when your baby is born prematurely and spends its first few weeks of life in the Intensive Care Nursery hooked up to cardiorespiratory monitors.

Here’s the thing about cardiorespiratory monitors. These devices track a newborn’s heart rate, breathing rate and oxygenation so that nurses can attend to health problems like apnea and bradycardia and parents can rest assured that their kid is okay.

Continue reading article at +WibiData