Researchers provided both patients and caregivers with iPads they could use to access tools related to their care plans during hospitalization. Patients and providers most often used the web-based tool kits to establish goals, view tests results and medications. They also used a messaging functionality to report health needs, preferences or concerns.
Although non-critically ill patients were more likely to use the technology than critically ill patients were, the researchers concluded that both populations used it as a helpful mediator.
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