The flu season has hit our family hard this year. I feel like every time my daughter Kaialani gets well, she then immediately brings home a new cold. Managing her fever and flu symptoms with Tylenol is a standard recommendation from our pediatrician. Keeping up with Tylenol doses and time in between each dose, however, thrown together with the distractions and stresses of day-to-day life can be a challenge—to say the least. Over-medicating my daughter is definitely not a mistake I want to make.
That is why I was thrilled to be introduced to the OnCure app, which is available now for download through the app store. This app was created to help parents solve this exact problem. I used a similar app to help with breastfeeding and tracking feedings when Kaialani was a newborn and it was SO helpful. This is such a great resource—and to help prevent a possible overdose or situation that could cause my daughter harm is a no-brainer in my opinion.
Parents in the US make mistakes like these, on average, once every 8 minutes(!). That statistic is only based on poison center reports, which means actual numbers are higher. Our kids are the most precious thing to us, and we want to help them feel better when they’re sick, but because we are tired, busy, switching duties with another parent/caregiver, having more than one sick child, etc. we make mistakes and put our children at risk. The vision behind OnCure is to provide a parent with a simple, easy-to-use, yet reliable tool to provide them everything they need to manage and track OTC fever reducers, and thus help minimize medication mistakes and provide parents with peace of mind during a stressful time.
Check out this news segment from NBC Dallas on the OnCure app. CLICK HERE.
The app was made by a mother for mothers (and of course dads), while strictly adhering to medical guidelines (reviewed and approved by a board-certified pediatrician). It was created with professional development and design work, so that parents’ needs are addressed within a smoothly functioning, accurate, intuitive, and simple-to-use app.
OnCure combines three key components to ensure that parents get everything they need, and helps them to minimize mistakes:
- All information about the OTC fever reducers is shown in a clear, simple way for the user every time he gives a dose, to reduce the risk of mistakes;
- A flexible, dynamic, and unique scheduler eliminates the need to preset reminders! The app’s unique schedule allows that without setting or changing a single reminder;
- Multiple users! You can sync the app with caregivers—having all caregivers synced simultaneously through the app, without having to call, text or leave notes. The user can invite caregivers and have them all integrate seamlessly on the same page.
Other BONUS FEATURES
- If a child is prescribed a medicine (antibiotics, for example), the user can add that as well to get additional reminders.
- Initial download is FREE! It allows users to experience the app during the course of the first episode of their child’ sickness. To manage unlimited episodes, as well as tracking multiple kids at the same time, there is a one-time payment of $1.99. To allow caregivers’ syncing, there is a small one-time payment of $0.99.
Gain control and clarity over your child’s next illness with OnCure! This parent-designed asset is a no-brainer. If you download it and put it to use, tell us about it in the comments!
