Used by more than 1,000 Health Workers
Running successfully in 1 State of India
Over 70,000 pregnancies registered & serviced (yearly)
More than 1,50,000 new births facilitated
Maternal and child care in public health
Our maternal and child care public health framework has achieved tremendous success in improving maternal and child health care outcomes. It leverages technology to:
Collect data at Source
Used by the last mile health workers like Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) and Medical Officers (MOs) to enter data.
Present detailed analysis to care-providers / administrators
Care providers and administrators use data to gain insights, take on the spot decisions and plan interventions.
Achieve better outcomes within a short cycle time
Key influencers to better outcome include
• systematic tracking of high-risk women / children in remote geographies
• digital alerts to key medical staff and administrators in case of emergencies
• exhaustive coverage of associated social welfare programmes
• identification of infrastructure and resource needs, and
• impact of any programme / intervention on the intended outcome
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Services
Maternal and Child Care services in the Application
Framework components
The Maternal and Child Care Framework has a set of applications that facilitate data collection at source and near real-time analysis and visualization of data.
- The Mobile App is a key component of our framework. The platform facilitates any kind of new data collection input form to be created and rolled out.
- The Analytics platform facilitates analysis, visualization and presentation of data to various stakeholders and platforms.
Data is available near real time.
Maternal and child care services
The Maternal Care application covers the entire gamut of services that a woman receives from the time she conceives till about 42 days post-delivery. These services include
- Registration and Past Obstetric History
- 4 / 6 Ante Natal Checks (ANCs) with information on (i) Weight (ii) Haemoglobin (iii) Blood Pressure (iv) Sugar (if done) (v) Urine Test (if done) (vi) TT Injection (if given) (vii) Iron & Folic Acid (IFA), Folic Acid and Calcium Tabs (if given) (viii) Abdominal examination
- Emergency / Routine Home Visits by the Health Workers and Referrals
- Delivery details, Outcome of Pregnancy & Counselling - Birth times, birth weight, birth defects, any complications during delivery
- 6 / 7 Home based newborn Care (HBNC) visits - monitoring of vital parameters of mother and newborn
Benefits to stakeholders
The application enables health workers / care providers to
- Closely monitor women with anaemia, hypertension etc. and refer them to specialists as needed
- Give better counselling on nutrition, lifestyle changes
The application enables health administrators to
- Identify infrastructure and resource availability and need e.g., new satellite health centers to be setup, testing kits and equipment, upgradation, manpower etc.
- Know causality and design interventions accordingly e.g., free ambulance service, financial assistance, nutritious food etc.
- Measure last mile health worker performance and provide personalized training to address specific gaps
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F.A.Q
Frequently Asked Questions
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Who are the users of the maternal and child care application?
The maternal and child care application can be used by the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifes (ANMs) at the sub-centres, Medical Officers (MOs) at the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and any other service provider(s)
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Can the APP be operated offline?
The APP can be operated while being fully offline
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Can the APP be customised?
The APP is fully compliant with the RCH Manual. However, it can be customized to meet specific needs
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Do women get a unique id in the maternal and child care application?
Every woman is given a unique id in the maternal and child care application
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How does the APP prevent entry of duplicate data?
The APP provides a facility to search for a woman in both offline and online data. Search is configurable and one or more of the following fields can be used
a. Name
b. Unique Id
c. Mobile Number
d. Any identity-based identifier -
What happens if the woman decides to change the SC / PHC post registration?
The woman can avail services at any SC / PHC. There is no restriction at the APP level. The service provider at the SC / PHC will be able to download her data online and update the necessary information
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Does the APP provide for capturing multiple pregnancies?
Yes. Any number of pregnancies can be captured on the APP. The existing data of the woman is retrieved and the new Pregnancy data is added to the earlier information
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Can ASHAs also use the maternal and child care application?
ASHAs can use the maternal and child care application to record the details of home visits
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Can the ANM use the APP to plan their work day?
Yes, the ANMs can use the APP to plan various activities related to Maternal and Child Care. The APP simplifies the job of the ANMs. The dashboards in the APP help the ANMs to monitor high risk pregnancies, vaccination status of the women, missed ANCs, and so on
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Can the maternal and child care application be extended to cover family planning and complete vaccination of children?
Yes. The current maternal and child care application can be easily extended to cover family planning and complete vaccination of children
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Can the APP be used by private hospitals?
Yes. Private Hospitals can also use the APP
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Who trains the end-users on the APP and the Analytics?
The APP and the analytics are both very simple to use and does not require very extensive training. Our team will train the master trainers who can then train the end-users. Digital training material is also shared with the end-users
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How long does it take for the APP data to be available online?
The APP data will be available online as soon as it is synced to the server
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The State uses other applications like RCH. Can it be integrated with those?
Yes. The APP can be integrated with external applications
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We want to setup our own dashboards to measure specific indicators. Can we create our own dashboards?
The dashboards are fully configurable. The end users are trained to create their own dashboards
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Can event based alerts be configured?
Yes. Alerts can be configured for various events such as still births, maternal deaths etc. Alerts can also be configured to give information on upcoming deliveries, high risk pregnancies etc.
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What kind of infrastructure is required to run the application?
The APP and the analytics can be setup on the Cloud. Besides this, the end-users of the APP need to have an Android or an iOS device
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