Providing the power of effective
organization and communication
for the medical home.

The EMMA System is Everyone’s Medical Monitoring Assistant. It’s an essential tool kit for parents or guardians of children with complex medical conditions who will be cared for in the home following hospital discharge. The kit includes two binders of useful notes, tips and forms for families who find themselves in unfamiliar territory – that of caring for a child with special needs and coordinating the care with tracking, monitoring and documentation. The kit assists families with ensuring clear communication between caregivers and medical professionals who provide services to, and on behalf of, the child. It also covers a variety of other issues that the families may now face. An accompanying DVD provides an audio-visual element that helps families understand how to best use the EMMA System. 

The EMMA System was developed by Julie Powers, a mother of a special needs child, who had eight years of hands-on, trial-and-error experience in the home, in the hospital, and in the clinic. This experience culminated in the creation of a product vital to the health and well-being of a child with complex medical issues, as well as the child’s family.

The EMMA System is written in a casual and comfortable tone that makes the users feel as if a helpful friend who has already been there is giving them hints on how to deal with a new and foreign situation that can otherwise be overwhelming and potentially very frightening and stressful.

What does the EMMA System include?

The EMMA System is a kit that includes sections on everything from How to Talk to Your Child’s Doctors and Working With In-home Nurses to easy-to-use tracking forms for daily care, medications, home emergency procedures and medical history notes. A number of special storage pages provide the perfect place to collect and store materials that families need for future reference.

The EMMA System keeps everything in one place and allows for additional inserts that are necessary for the child’s specific diagnosis and ongoing care.

Sample pages: (float mouse over image for larger view):

For what diagnoses will the EMMA System work?

The EMMA System was developed to assist families of children with any diagnosis. Simply stated, that is why it is called Everyone’s Medical Monitoring Assistant. The only common denominator among the children is that each of them has a medical condition that requires ongoing medical care, multiple medications and/or therapies, and/or significant medical intervention and/or follow-up after they leave the hospital.

Disclaimer: The EMMA System is strictly an organizational tool. It is not intended to replace any professional medical advice, nor should any part of the kit be used as a medical recommendation. Nothing in the kit should replace any type of monitoring system provided by a medical professional, nor should it replace care directives from trained health professionals.

Who Benefits from the EMMA System?

The Child

The Parent(s)/Caregiver(s)

Designated Charity

Medical Personnel

The Hospital