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Communication Tool
Communication between providers is especially important in prenatal care.
Prenatal care is often delivered by multiple providers including physicians,
midwives, nurse practitioners, nurses, and residents. Since each encounter
then literally becomes a “new” encounter, it
is crucial that the communication tool impart precisely what has been
done before and what needs to be done next for any one patient.
As one moves from a solo practice to a larger community of providers,
communication often becomes more muddled. It is not uncommon that even
within single-specialty groups, several different paper prenatal forms
are utilized. Even when individual groups may choose to use one form,
groups within a community may not choose the same form. It is all too
common that L & D staff must wade through and interpret many differing
forms that degrades their ability to quickly locate relevant information.
Clear Communication
Rather than struggling with illegible, sloppy, copies of copies, faint
facsimiles, etc. eNATAL provides information that is always legible and
not open to interpretation. It will be clear to
both the current and the next provider what has been done, what needs
to be done now, and what needs to be done next.
A cornerstone for delivering quality prenatal care in any group, organization,
or community is that a common prenatal record be should used for all pregnant
patients. This makes it easier for anyone managing the patient to quickly
locate information of interest. Bringing eNATAL into a community with
our Enterprise version can be a catalyst for introducing a common prenatal
record to a community.
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