Journal article
Perinatal data collection: current practice in the Australian nursing and midwifery healthcare context
Health Information Management Journal, Vol.42(1), pp.11-17
2013
Abstract
The collection of perinatal data within Queensland, Australia, has traditionally been achieved via a paper form completed by midwives after each birth. Recently, with an increase in the use of e-health systems in healthcare, perinatal data collection has migrated to an online system. It is suggested that this move from paper to an ehealth platform has resulted in improvement to error rates, completion levels, timeliness of data transfer from healthcare institutions to the perinatal data collection and subsequent publication of data items. Worldwide, perinatal data are collected utilising a variety of methods, but essentially data are used for similar purposes: to monitor outcome patterns within obstetrics and midwifery. This paper discusses current practice in relation to perinatal data collection worldwide and within Australia, with a specifi c focus on Queensland, highlights relevant issues for midwives, and points to the need for further research into the effi cient use of an e-health platform for perinatal data collection.
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- Title
- Perinatal data collection: current practice in the Australian nursing and midwifery healthcare context
- Authors
- Alison Craswell (Author) - University of WollongongLorna Moxham (Author) - University of WollongongMarc Broadbent (Author) - Central Queensland University
- Publication details
- Health Information Management Journal, Vol.42(1), pp.11-17
- Publisher
- Health Information Management Association of Australia
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.1177/183335831304200102
- ISSN
- 1833-3583
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448776202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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