Project HealthDesign: Estrellita - An Application for Tracking Observations of Daily Living Related to Preterm Infants, 2011-2012

More than 12 percent of all United States births each year are preterm. To improve the care of these infants, which have an increased risk of serious developmental and chronic health problems, the Estrellita team created a mobile phone application to monitor premature infants and their caregivers. This app allows caregivers to better understand the infant care process and to more easily interact with clinicians about themselves and the care of their infants. Caregivers used the Estrellita app to record their own stress levels and mood and their infants' observations of daily living (ODL) such as baby fussiness, diapering, weight, and bonding activities with the babies. In addition, the app allowed the caregivers to track clinical appointments, review the ODL data, and send and receive text messages from clinicians.

每年美国的新生儿中，逾12%为早产（preterm）婴儿。此类婴儿罹患严重发育性与慢性健康问题的风险显著升高，为优化这类婴儿的照护质量，Estrellita团队开发了一款移动应用程序，用于监测早产婴儿及其照护者的情况。该应用可帮助照护者更好地掌握婴儿照护流程，并能更便捷地与临床医护人员就自身状况及婴儿照护事宜进行沟通。照护者可借助该应用记录自身的压力水平与情绪状态，同时录入婴儿的日常生活观察（observations of daily living, ODL）数据，涵盖婴儿烦躁哭闹、换尿布操作、体重变化以及亲子互动活动等内容。此外，该应用还支持照护者追踪临床就诊安排、查阅ODL数据，并与临床医护人员收发短信。