Postward

Hospital to home · in private testing

One recovery plan the whole family can run.

After surgery, the hospital hands over a stack of papers and the family takes the night shift. Postward turns that handoff into one shared plan, one medicine list with who gave what and when, and one daily board everyone can check off.

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Ruth, day 6 after a knee replacementExample
  • 8:00 AMAspirin 81 mgGiven by Luis at 8:02 AM
  • 9:00 AMKnee exercises from the PT sheetDone by Ruth at 9:20 AM
  • 11:00 AMIce and elevate the kneeFor Dana
  • 2:00 PMAcetaminophen 500 mg, 2 tabletsWith food
  • 4:00 PMShort walk with the walkerFor Sam

Untrained people doing trained work, alone.

More than half of America's 63 million family caregivers do medical or nursing tasks, and only about one in five has had any training for them. AARP and NAC, 2025

Half of adults leave the hospital with at least one unintended difference between the medicines they were on and the ones they go home with. Drug Safety, 2020

When three people share the shifts, "did she already get the 2 o'clock pill?" is the question that keeps coming up.

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Start from the papers

    Pick the surgery and the dates. Postward builds a starting plan; you add the medicines and the surgeon's warning signs from the discharge papers.

  2. Step 2

    Bring in the family

    Send each person a link. Helpers check things off; a sibling far away can follow along without changing anything.

  3. Step 3

    Run the day together

    One board for today. Tick a dose on one phone and it shows on everyone's, with who gave it and when.

What's in a recovery

  • The plan

    Phases from the first days home to three months, with the restrictions for each, edited to match your papers.

  • One medicine list

    Every scheduled dose on the board. As-needed medicines show when the last one was given, by whom.

  • A daily check-in

    Pain, temperature, incision, swelling, bowels, with the surgeon's own warning signs and office number right there.

  • The whole circle

    The patient, the helpers and the people who just want to know how today went, on the same page.

Starting plans for:

  • Total knee replacement
  • Total hip replacement
  • Hip fracture repair
  • Spinal fusion surgery
  • Coronary artery bypass graft (heart bypass)
  • Major bowel surgery, such as a colectomy
Someone I love came home after major surgery. I had no training and a stack of instructions. Missed steps, stress, worse recovery. Untrained people were doing trained work alone. That's the gap.
Jono Schafler, founder

What Postward won't do

  • Tell you whether a symptom is serious. It shows the warning signs from your papers and the number to call.
  • Check doses or interactions. It logs what your family gives, exactly as the label says.
  • Sell or share your information for ads. No ad trackers, anywhere.

Join the waitlist

Postward is in private testing with a small number of families. Have a surgery coming up in your family, or run a practice that sends people home after one? Leave your email.

Have an invite code? Create your account.

Questions

Is this medical advice?
No. Postward keeps the family's plan, medicine log and check-ins in one place. It doesn't check doses, diagnose or tell you whether a symptom is serious. The discharge papers and the care team come first; the warning signs you see in Postward are the ones you copy from those papers.
Who can see our information?
Only the people in the recovery: the patient and whoever you invite with a link. Each person accepts the invite themselves, and the patient can remove anyone. We never sell data, never use it for ads, and there are no ad trackers on the site.
Does it connect to the hospital's patient portal?
Not yet. You type in the plan from the discharge papers. Reading a photo of the papers is coming next.
What does it cost?
The plan, medicine list, daily board and check-ins are free for up to three people. An optional $49 Recovery Pass covers one recovery for 90 days with room for everyone helping and a visit summary for the surgeon.