Babypalooza Magazine Spring 2019

The system proves particularly useful for families 2HEY, PARENTS! LIMIT YOUR OWN SCREEN
with loved ones in other states and even parents who TIME FOR REWARDS
are deployed. “It’s hard to believe that I’m looking at CHAT WITH OTHER PARENTS, AND LIKELY ONE
my daughter from 7,000 miles away in Kuwait, just TOPIC COMES UP OVER AND OVER: SCREEN TIME.
watching her move,” one dad told the company. VIRTUALLY EVERY PARENT IN 2019 IS DEVOTED
“It can’t get any better. I absolutely love it.”
TO KEEPING THEIR KIDS FROM SPENDING TOO
Launched in 2013 as AngelEye Camera Systems, MUCH TIME MINDLESSLY INTERACTING WITH
the newly renamed AngelEye Health has expanded ELECTRONICS.
its offerings to include a clinical communication But guess what … it’s not just the kids.
platform that enables care providers to easily send patient According to research, the average adult spends
updates to family members. The company also added over 11 hours a day watching, reading, listening to, or
a patient and family education component that lets otherwise consuming some type of media.
hospitals share information with families once they’ve But Courtney “Coko” Eason, Nashville’s music
left the NICU, including pre-recorded how-to videos, and entertainment entrepreneur turned tech startup
post-discharge info, and more. It also is now available founder, is out to change that. Her startup Milk the
in PICUs as well as NICUs.
Moment aims to help people in Birmingham disconnect
The company was recently named one of the best from digital devices so they can better connect with
tech startups in Arkansas. For families dealing with one another.
long stays in the NICU, there’s no doubt it’s a game The company’s mission? “...To start a movement
changer. The system is currently used in 62-plus where millions of people pledge to put their phones
hospitals around the country, with more to come. down and pay better attention to their experiences and
Though the system is not yet installed in any the people around them,” Eason said in a recent press
Alabama hospitals, the company is having ongoing release.
conversations with facilities in the state.
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