Implementation Outcomes Assessment of a Digital Clinical Support Tool for Intrapartum Care in Rural Kenya: Observational Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

iDeliver, a digital clinical support system for maternal and neonatal care, was developed to support quality of care improvements in Kenya.

Objective

Taking an implementation research approach, we evaluated the adoption and fidelity of iDeliver over time and assessed the feasibility of its use to provide routine Ministry of Health (MOH) reports.

Methods

We analyzed routinely collected data from iDeliver, which was implemented at the Transmara West Sub-County Hospital from December 2018 to September 2020. To evaluate its adoption, we assessed the proportion of actual facility deliveries that was recorded in iDeliver over time. We evaluated the fidelity of iDeliver use by studying the completeness of data entry by care providers during each stage of the labor

SUBMITTER: Dinh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9253974 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature