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LactationCare

Lactation clinic visits: the latch scored on LATCH, breast concerns caught early, and the feeding plan, visit by visit.

What it is

A breastfeeding mother seen in the lactation clinic, with her baby linked, from the first painful feed to feeding established. At each visit the nurse or lactation consultant watches a feed and scores the latch on the LATCH tool (Jensen, Wallace and Kelsay, 1994) item by item — latch, audible swallowing, type of nipple, comfort and hold, each 0 to 2 — and records the feeding pattern, the baby’s weight and any breast concern: sore nipples, engorgement, a blocked duct, a suspected mastitis or abscess, worry about supply. A suspected mastitis or abscess goes to the top of the list for a doctor’s attention. The feeding plan she goes home with is written in the clinic’s own words, and every change is kept. The list leads with concerns for a doctor and overdue visits.

Reads
The patient record
Writes
Latch assessments, breast concerns, feeding plans
Never
It does not replace a lactation consultant’s hands-on assessment, band a LATCH score, or treat mastitis.
Access
Only people whose role includes it — the clinic owner decides who
Your data
Full PHI. Hosted in Boston, United States. On uninstall: The clinic list stops; visits and feeding plans stay on the mother’s record.

How it works

  1. See the mother and babyWhy she came, when the baby was born.
  2. Score the latchLATCH, five items, each 0 to 2.
  3. Note any breast concernA suspected mastitis goes to a doctor.
  4. Write the feeding planEvery change kept.

Rules it keeps

What it does not do, by design. A listing with only benefits is an advertisement.

It does not replace a lactation consultant’s hands-on assessment, band a LATCH score, or treat mastitis.
It structures the check, keeps it over visits and shows a concern to a doctor.

AI in LactationCare

AskQuestions about what is on screen — “What needs attention in LactationCare today?” — answered with the records it read.
DraftSummaries and notes for the team, marked as drafts until a person signs.
Every answer shows its sources. Nothing AI writes is saved until a person accepts it.

See it on screen

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01Lactation clinic — Score the latch on LATCH each visit, catch breast problems early and keep the feeding planCaptured from the running demo clinic
LactationCare — Lactation clinic — Score the latch on LATCH each visit, catch breast problems early and keep the feeding plan
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Connected to

Read out of the code, not the brochure: each app below is here because one service queries the other’s tables. Install either side and the hand-over is already wired.

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Questions clinics ask

What does LactationCare do?
Lactation clinic visits: the latch scored on LATCH, breast concerns caught early, and the feeding plan, visit by visit. A breastfeeding mother seen in the lactation clinic, with her baby linked, from the first painful feed to feeding established. At each visit the nurse or lactation consultant watches a feed and scores the latch on the LATCH tool (Jensen, Wallace and Kelsay, 1994) item by item — latch, audible swallowing, type of nipple, comfort and hold, each 0 to 2 — and records the feeding pattern, the baby’s weight and any breast concern: sore nipples, engorgement, a blocked duct, a suspected mastitis or abscess, worry about supply. A suspected mastitis or abscess goes to the top of the list for a doctor’s attention. The feeding plan she goes home with is written in the clinic’s own words, and every change is kept. The list leads with concerns for a doctor and overdue visits.
What data does LactationCare read and write?
LactationCare reads the patient record and writes latch assessments, breast concerns, feeding plans. Its data class is Full PHI. Every app works on the same patient record — nothing is copied into a silo.
What does LactationCare deliberately not do?
It does not replace a lactation consultant’s hands-on assessment, band a LATCH score, or treat mastitis. It structures the check, keeps it over visits and shows a concern to a doctor.
What happens to our data if we uninstall LactationCare?
The clinic list stops; visits and feeding plans stay on the mother’s record.
Is LactationCare available today?
Yes — LactationCare is live in clinics today. Set up your practice on MedAppz and install it from your dashboard.

Want to see LactationCare running on your own patients?

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