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AI for Midwives

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance.

Midwives · O*NET 29-9099.01 · Job Zone 5 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

9 of 12tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

21 matched to the tools midwives use. Showing 21.

The tools this job actually uses

12 documented for this occupation. Showing 12, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Epic Systemshot
  • Extensible markup language XMLhot
  • MEDITECH softwarehot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • AS/400 Database
  • Email software
  • Patient electronic medical record EMR software
  • Private Practice
  • Web browser software

What this job involves

37 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
  2. Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.
  3. Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.
  4. Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.
  5. Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
  6. Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.
  7. Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.
  8. Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.
  9. Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.
  10. Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.
  11. Assess the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.
  12. Set up or monitor the administration of oxygen or medications.
  13. Suture perineal lacerations.
  14. Perform post-partum health assessments of mothers and babies at regular intervals.
  15. Test patients' hemoglobin, hematocrit, and blood glucose levels.
  16. Counsel women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy.
  17. Provide information about the physical and emotional processes involved in the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods.
  18. Refer patients to specialists for procedures such as ultrasounds or biophysical profiles.
  19. Assist maternal patients to find physical positions that will facilitate childbirth.
  20. Assess birthing environments to ensure cleanliness, safety, and the availability of appropriate supplies.
  21. Incorporate research findings into practice as appropriate.
  22. Estimate patients' due dates and re-evaluate as necessary based on examination results.
  23. Provide comfort and relaxation measures for mothers in labor through interventions such as massage, breathing techniques, hydrotherapy, or music.
  24. Provide, or refer patients to other providers for, education or counseling on topics such as genetic testing, newborn care, contraception, or breastfeeding.
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