Women have a strong need to be involved in their own maternity care. Pregnancy hand-held records encourage women's participation in their maternity care; gives them an increased sense of control and improves communication amongst care providers. They have been successfully used in the United Kingdom and New Zealand for almost 20 years. Despite evidence that supports the use of handheld records, widespread introduction has not occurred in Australia. The need for an electronic version of pregnancy handheld records has become apparent, especially after the introduction of the Electronic Medical Record in Australia. We developed a personal digital assistant (PDA) as an interactive antenatal electronic maternity record that health care providers could use in any setting and women could access using the internet. This paper will describe the testing of the antenatal electronic maternity record.
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