Handoff is built to be set up by a nurse, not an IT department. No router login. No laptop. No app store. If you can connect to WiFi on your phone, you can set up Handoff.
What's in the box:
What to do:
Plug the device into any standard outlet near a WiFi router or anywhere in the home with WiFi coverage. The device will power on. A status light will indicate it is ready for setup.
Scan the QR code on the setup card with your phone camera. This opens the setup wizard in your mobile browser — no app download required.
The wizard walks you through:
The wizard takes about 3–5 minutes to complete. When it finishes, the device is live on the home network.
Log in to the device from your phone using the admin credentials you just created. Open the Team section and add each caregiver:
The whole care team is set up in about 5 minutes. Each person gets their own credentials. Each person's entries are attributed to them individually.
From any phone on the home WiFi, open the browser and navigate to the device. (The address is printed on a small label on the device — something like handoff.local.) Log in with your PIN.
The care log opens. Select the entry type — vitals, ESAS assessment, medication, or diary note. Fill in the fields. Submit. The entry appears in the record immediately, with your name and the current timestamp.
The first entry takes a little longer — you are learning the interface. Most nurses report that by the second or third shift, entries take 45 seconds to 2 minutes for a full vital set.
When the next caregiver arrives, they log in from their phone. They go to the shift log and see every entry from the previous shift: vitals, pain scores, ESAS, any PRN medications given, any diary notes. They know exactly what happened. The verbal handoff becomes a confirmation of what is already written, not the primary communication.
This is what proper shift handoff looks like.
Family members with read-only access open the browser on their phone and see the care record as it builds — every entry, timestamped and attributed, in plain language. No app to install, nothing to configure. If they can open a website, they can see how their parent is doing.
The admin can export the full care record as a CSV file at any time — every entry from every caregiver, in a structured, printable, saveable format. With an SD card installed, the device also backs up its database to the card automatically on a schedule. The record is protected, and it belongs to you.
The device continues to work — completely. Caregivers can still log in on the home WiFi and document care normally, family members can still view the record, and CSV export still works. Nothing about the core record depends on internet connectivity.
Required
Not required
Compatible phones: Any iPhone (iOS 14 or later) or Android phone (Android 9 or later) running a current browser (Safari, Chrome, or Firefox). If your phone can load a website, it can use Handoff.