Conditions do not affect individuals in isolation, and neither should the tools built to support them. DigitalCabinet has moved from a participant-only account model to a family account structure, making it easier for caregivers, clinicians, and entire families to engage with the platform together.
From Participant Accounts to Family Accounts
Previously, each account in DigitalCabinet represented a single participant. Accounts are now structured around families, with each account supporting both a participant and their caregiver. For users who are the only member of their household enrolled, nothing changes in practice. Those users are simply treated as a family of one. The update is designed to expand access without disrupting anyone who was already using the platform independently.
Privacy Protections for Adult Members
Caregiver access does not mean unlimited visibility. For any family member who is 18 or older, their information is not shared with the caregiver on the account. Adult participants retain full control and privacy over their own data. This is particularly important for families that include both minors and adults, where a caregiver may be actively managing one person's records while another adult family member maintains their own.
Updated User Profiles and Clinician Enrollment Flow
The move to family accounts also comes with updates to user profiles and how clinicians interact with the platform. Clinicians can now enroll multiple family members, or an entire family, in a single workflow rather than creating and submitting individual records one at a time. For clinicians working with families affected by conditions that span multiple generations, or simply managing a large caseload, this reduces administrative time and the chance of records being submitted inconsistently across family members.
Claiming Family Bundles
When family metadata is ready to be claimed, it can now be claimed all at once as a bundle rather than record by record. Once the bundle is claimed, the associated metadata is deleted, keeping data clean and reducing unnecessary storage of information that is no longer needed. This applies to the family as a unit, so caregivers and clinicians do not need to work through each member's records separately to complete the process.
Questions about how these changes affect your registry or your community? Reach out to your account contact.
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