Impact of digital antenatal care intervention on paper-based antenatal care recordkeeping: a before-and-after study in primary healthcare facilities in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the impact of introducing electronic decision support systems (EDSS)-electronic data entry implemented alongside existing paper-based antenatal care (ANC) records-on the completeness and agreement of ANC records.

Design

Two-phase cross-sectional (before and after) substudy of the mobile health integrated model of hypertension, diabetes and ANC (mIRA project) process evaluation.

Setting

Four rural districts in Bagmati Province, Nepal, in 19 primary healthcare facilities.

Participants

ANC records from pregnant women attending facilities before (n=136) and after (n=138) EDSS implementation.

Main outcome measures

For selected indicators in the ANC card and ANC register, we estimated the percentage completeness (any value recorded) and agr

SUBMITTER: Das S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911671 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature