Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women

All pregnant women need easy access to pregnancy-related personalized information, on-time quality healthcare services and effective communication links with healthcare providers. Smartphone-based devices, communication systems and eHealth applications can play an important role in facilitating some...

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Main Authors: Sabiha Khanum, Maria de Lourdes de Souza, Ali Sayyed, Najma Naz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-12-01
Series:Technologies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/5/4/80
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Summary:All pregnant women need easy access to pregnancy-related personalized information, on-time quality healthcare services and effective communication links with healthcare providers. Smartphone-based devices, communication systems and eHealth applications can play an important role in facilitating some of these services to pregnant women in a fast and efficient way and can thus prevent most of the pregnancy-related complications. The objective of this work is to propose and design a pregnancy care network for pregnant women and healthcare providers. The network model, an eHealth application based on smartphone-based devices and communication systems, is designed to strengthen communication links between health professionals and pregnant women and increase education, awareness and quality of care during pregnancy and childbirth.
ISSN:2227-7080