Well, Isn't This Special

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.
Anna S, RN said:
In the hospital where I work, pts and their families all have their cell phones. Hospitals pretty much allow anything the "customers" want.

I read the whole article, and googled it. It's a real app. The hospital is called by the app. Pt and family members get email reports showing when the nurse was called, and how long it took her to respond.

The damn thing got good reviews, too. I only found three reviews, but all say their nurses did respond a lot faster when they used the app.

Meh.

They THINK the response was faster...but I would bet there is not actual data to support that. The purpose of the app is to acquire PHI.

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Its been out for a year, so 3 reviews doesn't look like it has taken off or anything. Those reviews also sound very generic with common vocabulary and all giving 5 stars. Then there were 6 added today that you can't see yet (I wonder who could have done that?). The average is now 3 stars.

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Specializes in Med/Surg/ICU/Stepdown.
OrganizedChaos said:
LOL I wasn't going to say anything. But yeah it looked the same. Haha!

Haha. I had made this my avatar some time ago. I then found the app yesterday and didn't realize the coincidence until just now!

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Specializes in Flight, ER, Transport, ICU/Critical Care.

Thank Dog that I DO NOT work in the hospital. (Actually, off for a bit at the moment).

All I have for this app is —

%^

Whoever thought of this app, deserves very special care indeed.

Just when you think you have seen every BAD idea, a new high in lows, comes right at ya!

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Haha. I had made this my avatar some time ago. I then found the app yesterday and didn't realize the coincidence until just now!

Mhm. Or are YOU one of THEM?

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They are on Facebook "Get My Nurse", found this on their FB page:

New health care app Get My Nurse - New York News

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
They are on Facebook "Get My Nurse", found this on their FB page:

New health care app Get My Nurse - New York News

But the app and that article are a year old. Perhaps this isn't/won't catch on anywhere.

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Hopefully, hospitals and LTCs just blocked their numbers, or nurses notified their patients that allowing some assbags to sell your medical records is a bad idea.

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Specializes in Flight, ER, Transport, ICU/Critical Care.

I could not download the app on the AppStore to either the iPad or iPhone. I did send them a well worded email detailing how I hoped they had made money & that their all lines was paid, as they were treading into risky territory.

Tracking anyone is a very BAD idea & asked if they thought that the "app" could have uses beyond the pale? Like tracking a partner in stalking or domestic violence situations - or - if an irate family wanted to know when a nurse left the confines of a facility and be waiting. The fact is "they don't know".

Also, breechs of PHI is such a serious matter & that's it's own liability issue.

Anywho, I did tell them to make sure they had good insurance, cause they would certainly need it sooner or later in today's climate. And not to think for a hot second that any LLC would absolve them of criminal liability if their magic app led to someone (a nurse) being stalked, assaulted or worse.

Good times!

I cannot deal with any more STUPIDITY today. I may have hit my limit for the week. It has been a crappy day & while I rarely send hateful email, this one was ... necessary. Though it wasn't so much hateful, as disagreeable. What a$$hats. I'm done.

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

If my patient/family showed me this app, I would be sorely tempted to drop their cell phone on the floor, and accidently stomp on it. :devil:

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Specializes in CNS Pediatric Surgery, now retired.
icuRNmaggie said:
The app is free. The service is a paid subscription, $7.95 per week, $14.95 per month. The downloads were available until about an hour ago.

I wondered how they were making their money since the app is free. None of these costs are specified on the iTunes page. I looked on their website for "Terms of Use" and "Privacy Policy" but just got an "Error - 404" page.

Scary thing is that most people would probably agree to the terms of use (the screenshots that someone showed) without really understanding the implications.

No way would I ever give anyone my phone number. If some unknown person or robocaller calls the nursing station, can we acknowledge a patient is hospitalized there? Sounds like a HIPAA situation.

If I answered a call light and the patient said, "Oh, you came because GetMyNurse called you", I would say, "Phone call? What phone call? I came because you put on your call light."

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Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
golson said:
Looks like it has been removed from the Google play store.

That might explain why I never got the promised response to my scathing review.

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