Overcoming the Maternal Care Crisis: How Can Lessons Learnt in Global Health Informatics Address US Maternal Health Outcomes?

dc.contributor.authorKasthurirathne, Suranga N.
dc.contributor.authorMamlin, Burke W.
dc.contributor.authorPurkayastha, Saptarshi
dc.contributor.authorCullen, Theresa
dc.contributor.departmentBioHealth Informatics, School of Informatics and Computingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-05T19:30:10Z
dc.date.available2019-08-05T19:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-16
dc.description.abstractDespite unprecedented spending, US maternal outcomes have worsened drastically over the past decade. In comparison, maternal outcomes of many Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) have improved. Lessons learnt by their success may be applicable to the US. We performed a literature review to identify innovations that had met with success across LMIC, and should be considered for adoption in the US. mHealth and patient facing alerts, Telehealth, patient controlled health records, inclusion of patient relationship data in health information systems and positioning empowered community health workers as catalysts of maternal care delivery were identified as innovations worthy of further evaluation. These innovations were categorized into several themes; knowledge, technology, patient/community empowerment, coordination and process change. Tools that place informed and empowered patients and community members at the center of maternal care has greatly improved maternal outcomes, and are suitable to be considered for the US healthcare system.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationKasthurirathne, S. N., Mamlin, B. W., Purkayastha, S., & Cullen, T. (2018). Overcoming the Maternal Care Crisis: How Can Lessons Learnt in Global Health Informatics Address US Maternal Health Outcomes? AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2017, 1034–1043.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1942-597Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/20197
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAMAIen_US
dc.relation.journalAMIA Annual Symposium Proceedingsen_US
dc.rightsPublisher Policyen_US
dc.sourcePMCen_US
dc.subjectGlobal healthen_US
dc.subjectMaternal healthen_US
dc.subjectClinical Information Systemsen_US
dc.subjectMobile healthen_US
dc.subjectTelemedicineen_US
dc.titleOvercoming the Maternal Care Crisis: How Can Lessons Learnt in Global Health Informatics Address US Maternal Health Outcomes?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ul.alternative.fulltexthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5977676/en_US
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