Workload in antenatal care before and after implementation of an electronic decision support system: an observed time-motion study of healthcare providers in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare interventions are shaped by the resources needed to implement them, including staff time. This study, part of a process evaluation, aims to compare time spent on antenatal care (ANC) and related recordkeeping in two rural primary-level health facilities in Nepal, before and after implementation of an electronic decision support system intervention to improve ANC quality that required additional electronic documentation.

Methods

The study is a before-and-after, observational time-motion assessment. Researchers used the WOMBAT (Work Observation Method By Activity Timing) software to observe and record activities performed by auxiliary nurse midwives providing ANC in two rounds of data collection. We summed the observation time (in minutes) spent on activi

SUBMITTER: Radovich E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834578 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature