When a newborn has to spend time in Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center’s (PMC) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before heading home, the separation can be overwhelming for new parents. To help ease the stress and anxiety, PMC now provides parents with access to the secure, password-protected AngelEye Camera System, which offers 24/7 live-streaming video of their infant, as well as status updates, on any device with an internet connection.
“The service helps parents feel more connected to their babies while they are receiving necessary medical care and they are unable to visit in person,” says Katelyn Brennan, MSN, RNC-NIC, Nurse Manager of Pediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at PMC. “The camera is mounted alongside the infant incubator or crib, so parents can remotely observe their baby when other obligations prevent them from being at the hospital. They also have the ability to receive updates on daily rounds.”
PMC’s NICU, staffed by neonatologists from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and nurses experienced in advanced infant care, is licensed to care for babies born at 28 weeks and other medically fragile newborns. Princeton Medical Center Foundation partnered with the Superhero Project and a local community donor to purchase the AngelEye system.