Why a Diary?

The Digital Diary that Cares

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Why should I keep an ICU Diary?

There are many important advantages of keeping an ICU diary such as Post-ICU.

ICU diaries offer proven benefits for patients, their families, healthcare staff and hospitals

Benefits of ICU diaries for hospitals

Helps drive care quality, innovative, and personalized care services.
Helps lower first-line re-admission rates and decrease recovery costs through the prevention of PICS.
Reduces clinical staff burden and increases efficiency by streamlining communication
Increases patient satisfaction and HCAHPS scores
Engages families in care thereby improving patient outcomes
Helps implement all six elements of the ICU liberation bundle

"Griffin adopted this innovative care tool, Post-ICU, as part of its longstanding commitment to delivering Planetree person-centered care, an approach to healthcare that produces superior patient care and a humanized health care experience that emphasizes compassion, equity, and the active participation of patients and their families."

Patrick Charmel, President, CEOGriffin Hospital, Derby, CT

“Post-ICU has helped staff as well. We’re able to look back at all of the previous journal entries, just to kind of see what other caregivers have written in the diary. And, honestly, it’s nice for staff too because they are able to see the progress that the patient has made through their ICU journey as well. And it’s a nice reflection for the family.”

Ashley D’Agostino-Petutti, RNGriffin Hospital, Derby, CT

"Post-ICU decreases the incidence of PTSD, as well as PICS and its accompanying disorder, PICS-Family."

Marya Chaisson, MDGriffin Hospital, Derby, CT

Benefits of ICU diaries for critical care staff

Journaling is the act of writing in a diary. It has been shown to decrease blood pressure, ease symptoms of depression, and improve immune functioning. Journaling about emotionally distressing situations helps in healing and processing. It affects a person’s thoughts, feelings, and physical health positively. Journaling is not only beneficial for patients and families but for healthcare workers as well. Studies have shown that journaling increases nurses’ compassion while decreasing both burnout and compassion fatigue symptoms.

In addition, nurses have indicated three themes that they experienced as positive results of journaling:

Increases nurse's compassion while decreasing both burnout and compassion fatigue symptoms
Allows them to unleash their innermost feelings
Helps them articulate and understand their feelings
Helps nurses to make more reasonable decisions in their work

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Benefits of ICU diaries for patients and families

Reflecting on the ICU experience helps patients process and cope with it
Through journaling, families express their emotions, feel more involved, and less stressed
A patient- and family-centered approach in the ICU increases patients' satisfaction
The diary reduces the occurrence of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in both patients and their relatives

ICU Resources

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eBook

ICU Readmissions: Unpacking the Numbers and Strategies for Improvement

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Case Study

Griffin Health: Discover how Post-ICU solved Griffin’s challenges

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Family-Centered Healing Digital ICU Diaries Transform Patient Care

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