30 November 2018
The Maternity Members Network was developed this year as an environment for clinicians to collaborate and share best practice developed locally through Flo’s implementation. The network hosts quarterly calls facilitating members of the wider Simple Telehealth Community of Practice to come together for one hour to share and discuss their experiences, outcomes, ideas or queries to support their maternity patients. The role of peer to peer conversations cannot be underestimated in igniting innovation; being able to chat to a like minded clinician who has already, or may be planning to introduce Flo into their pathway is a valuable part of any clinical redesign, and one that has underpinned the spread of pathways across the Community of Practice so far. | The network has so far heard from Janette, Antenatal and Newborn Screening Lead/ Senior Midwife Sonographer from City Hospitals Sunderland, part of the original team who developed the Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) pathways; to read more please click here. Based on robust early evaluation, these pathways have spread beyond the North East and have now been adopted in several maternity units as a result of the teams innovation and commitment to innovation. Karen McKillop and Ayleen Austin, both Midwives at County Community Hospital within NHS Highlands, also shared their experiences with Flo as a support to Foetal Movement Awareness for their Mum’s to be. The aim of the pathway was to help women to be more aware of their babies movements. NHS Highland’s foetal movement pathway was developed inline with current guidance practiced locally. The team also incorporated bite size messages into Flo’s protocol that shared health promotion advice and also clinic appointment reminders. The pathway commenced when mums to be reached 16 weeks of their pregnancy with Flo interacting through to 38 weeks. 50% of the team’s current caseload were being supported by Flo; patients fed back:
| The calls begin with an overview of the previous call, which is an opportunity for those who were unable to attend, to receive an update and request more information if required. This is then followed by a short update on new maternity pathways developed within the Community of Practice since the last call. The focus is then handed over to the featured team, for them to share their experiences, outcomes and any challenges they have overcome so far. There is also the opportunity for members to ask any questions or request more detailed information. |