This app is a joint development between Imobisoft Ltd and Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The app has been developed so that patients with long-term paediatric conditions can input their symptoms onto a smartphone, and then send them to a database for review by clinicians. This allows clinicians to monitor the symptoms of patients when the symptoms actually occur and provide parents or a young person with immediate feedback on how their lifestyle or treatment impacts on their symptoms. It also provides immediate personalised education to help patients to self-manage their condition.
This app is being piloted for patients with chronic constipation, anorectal aalformation or Hirschsprung’s Disease under the care of Mr Oliver Gee and Mr Ingo Jester at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The app will enable patients to manage their conditions more effectively by having more control and information on a daily basis.
There is currently no known other healthcare app like this in the UK.