Shared Maternity Record of Care
What is the project doing?
The project is developing a system to establish shared care records for New Zealand women requiring maternity services. A set of clinical protocols will be agreed with supporting data and access standards for multi-disciplinary maternity care. The Shared Maternity Record of Care will be implemented through a number of pilots.
On completion, the pilots will be evaluated, and recommendations made for a national roll out of the Shared Maternity Record of Care.
Why is it being done?
The Shared Maternity Record of Care is part of the IT Health Boards Shared Care concept which involves bringing together core health information. Shared Care includes a care plan, and links to detailed clinical data, such as lab results. The Shared Maternity Record of Care will be made available to clinicians through a clinical portal, and to patients through a personal health portal.
Maternity is a good area to trial shared care because it has a proven need for sharing information across different providers to support better care. There is also a strong multi-disciplinary governance group that can lead the initiative.
Currently most information related to maternity care is recorded or transferred on paper. The sharing and transfer of this information can be unreliable. This can be frustrating and is a potential risk to the delivery of care. Women expect that information relevant to their care is appropriately shared between their healthcare professionals.
What changes will be noticed?
Maternity healthcare professionals will have access to the information they require about a woman and /or her baby during a maternity episode. This information will be provided either:
- from the Shared Maternity Record of Care system; or,
- where information is not held in the Shared Maternity Record of Care, the system will have a link to the source of that information, such as detailed maternity records, laboratory results or prescribing information
Women will have on-line access to their Shared Maternity Record of Care. They will be able to see who has accessed their information.
Project Phase
Scope and Design
Milestone Dates
- Vendor partner and product selected (April to June 2011)
- Trial Solution in 2 sites (March 2012)
Governance
Shared Maternity Record of Care Governance Group (includes representatives from the College of Midwives, RNZCGP, College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology, Plunket, Paediatrics, Ministry Child Youth and Maternity, and National Health IT Board)
Who is involved
Project Manager: John Tolchard (john.tolchard@consulenza.co.nz)
Contact Us:
If you have any feedback or questions please email the project team on enquiries@ithealthboard.health.nz with the name of the project and your comments. We will respond to you within 5 working days.
References
Maternity Datamart Rebuild Project
