We've gone live!!!

Well the Virtual Maternity Care project has finally gone live with the successful launch of the new Cabooture maternity website. We have achieved the first online registration for public maternity clients in QLD with the first women booking online at 7.30am on the 1st day. We are receiving approximately 10 new registrations a day.
Online maternity care aims to enhance & redesign how we provide maternity services & I am currently developing a research proposal to design a best practice model to engage maternity clients through social media so watch this space.
We sit on the cusp of a very exciting time in maternity services and may very well be creating new roles for midwives that do not currently exist - the e-midwife.

Women want immediate access to quality information from maternity health professionals within the place they will birth their babies.

Have a look a the website and I'd love to hear your thoughts.
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/caboolture/maternity/default.asp

Caring for our midwives

I had the priviledge of coordinating some education days for the midwives I work with. My aim for the days was not only to provide education for them but more importantly to nurture and reenergise these midwives that work so tirelessly to provide wonderful care for the women in our service. What struck me the most was that as midwives, we care so much for others but often forget about ourselves.  I encourage every midwife / maternity health professional to think how can we best care for each other. What do you do that makes a positive difference to your fellow colleagues?

It is my mission this year to make every midwife in our service feel appreciated by doing the little things to ensure they know they are appreciated.