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7 November 2024
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT

7 November 2024
– 7 November 2024

Zoom Meeting

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7 November 2024
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT

7 November 2024
– 7 November 2024

Presenters:

Katie Day
Clinical Midwifery Consultant - Clinical Redesign
Mater Health







Event Dates

Date: 7 November 2024
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm AEDT

Date: 7 November 2024 – 7 November 2024

Location

Zoom Meeting

Mater MGP Digital Caseload Tracker

Midwifery Group Practice

Zoom Meeting


About

By focusing on what was available to them, Mater Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) co-designed an innovative solution for capturing, accessing and sharing information rapidly and securely. 

With a temporary Information Technology (IT) freeze and zero funding, they took the initiative and co-designed the MGP Caseload Tracker Application (app). Involving over 30 midwives, four midwifery leaders, and the IT team, they used the Microsoft Power Platform to create a user-friendly tool that replaced outdated methods like diaries and spreadsheets. This app provides secure access, real-time editing, and activity reporting of caseload information, all at the midwives' fingertips. 

During a 6-month period, 

  • the app successfully recorded 5400 instances of service and captured 1200 birthsuite hours and indications
  • The previous manual process of logging service occasions in a spreadsheet was replaced by a simple click of a button per event, significantly reducing data entry errors. 
  • Additionally, the app replaced an additional spreadsheet used for logging birthsuite hours, with 1206 events now being logged through the app.

Remarkably, this project was developed at zero cost by a midwife for midwives, with invaluable support from the IT team via a citizen developer approach. This digital solution drastically improved caseload management efficiency, providing crucial handover information and enabling personalized advice for any woman under MGP care, even at 2am.

Key Takeaways

zero cost by a midwife for midwives,

app successfully recorded 5400 instances of service and captured 1200 birthsuite hours and indications

the app replaced an additional spreadsheet used for logging birthsuite hours