Abstract

Objectives:This study reports our experience in the use of a perinatal electronic medical record,E_Perinatal, bygiving examples of its potential for the analysis of clinical data and the involvement of the indicators produced in theimprovement of Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care in Africa.Methodology:This is a study that was conducted in thescenario of a Level II Health Centre in Senegal. The methodology of the study followed the following steps: an inventoryof the use of electronic tools in labour wards in Senegal, an exploratory survey of the scenario of obstetric and neonatalcare, simultaneous elaboration of an electronic medical record in obstetrics and neonatology and selection of obstetricand neonatal care indicators to automatically generated and implement the information system. The recording wasretrospective and continuous from January 2015 to December 2016.Results:This database automates the storage ofobstetric data, including antenatal care, obstetric ultrasound, hospital admissions, prescribing, etc., providing easy accessto patient data from anywhere in the hospital, produce timely reports and graphs to refer to clinician correspondents,store and electronically transfer birth data to authorities, and store data for ad hoc queries and search statistics. Conclusion:E_Perinatalhas demonstrated in a scenario of an intermediate health facility its usefulness and ease of use.Scaling up in a developing country will help to better understand the real problems and help to reduce maternal andneonatal mortality.

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