Abstract

FERNANDEZ ARANDA, María Isabel. Impact of Information Technology on the midwife-pregnant interrelationship. Index Enferm [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.3, pp.156-160. ISSN 1699-5988.

Advances Technologies of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are creating a social level are being reflected in healthcare. Obstetrics is not immune to this explosion of ICT being the purpose of this article to know what impact they are having on the special relationship between the Midwife and Pregnant Women and where it is headed by a literature review of existing scientific literature. 31 references published between January 2000 and December 2014 were selected found several aspects that affect this link. The results show that there is progress on a new role for the Midwife as manager of information and there is a positive assessment of the impact of ICT on Midwives and Pregnant but always remembering that new technologies in health are half and not an end in themselves.

Keywords : Midwives; Health education; Women's health; Medical Informatics.