Admit it… I mean, I know I do… most blogs are there for people to hear themselves talk. But a co-worker of mine had a medical emergency a couple of weeks ago. He complained of a headache before bed, and later his wife couldn’t wake him up. After getting rushed to the hospital, the doctors determined he had a bleed in his brain. They went in, relieved the pressure, found it was not bleeding anymore (it had clotted and stopped on its own), and now he’s doing much better.
During all this, his family was given a profile at CarePages. This allowed them to notify friends and family and send out an email with a link to the page. People can log in and see updates (done by the family) on how he is doing. They can leave messages. See photos uploaded by the family or patient. Give virtual gifts and get contact information. You can even sign up for notifications so that you get contacted every time the family or patient updates the page.
It has actually been quite nice for us, the people on the outside, to be able to get news when its available and not have to wait until the phone chain trickles down to us. And it has to be pretty nice for the family, knowing they can go to one place, make an update and have it automatically sent out to everyone. Nice for the patient too, when he or she can read all the well wishes from all the people in their life.
Anyway, its just something that I thought from a pretty good idea and decided to share it.
Thanks for telling people about the CarePages service. Giving the ability to communicate with friends and family to our members is something we take extreme pride in.