Walk into any Labor & Delivery unit in America, and you'll likely find the same scene: a whiteboard covered in handwritten notes, erasure marks, and outdated information. Charge nurses scrambling to keep track of patient status. Providers calling in to ask "what's happening with the patient in Room 4?" This fragmented approach to unit visibility isn't just inefficient—it's a patient safety risk.
The Problem with Whiteboards
Traditional L&D whiteboards suffer from fundamental limitations that no amount of better markers can solve:
- Static information: Data is only as current as the last person who updated it
- Single location: Information is only accessible in one physical space
- No predictive capability: Whiteboards show current state, not future trajectory
- Manual maintenance: Requires constant attention from already-busy nurses
- No alerts: Critical changes can go unnoticed until someone physically checks
Introducing the Motherboard
Birth Model's Motherboard is a real-time command center for Labor & Delivery units. It provides a single source of truth that updates automatically from EHR data, visible from anywhere with secure access.
Key Features
Real-Time Patient Status
Every patient's current status—cervical dilation, medication administration, vital signs, and more—updates automatically as data enters the EHR. No manual entry required.
Risk Indicators
High-risk patients are automatically flagged based on clinical criteria. Conditions like preeclampsia, TOLAC, or multiple gestations are immediately visible to the entire care team.
Predicted Delivery Times
Our AI-powered predictions give providers and staff advance notice of when deliveries are likely to occur, enabling better resource planning and reducing missed deliveries.
Intervention Tracking
Active interventions—Pitocin augmentation, cervical ripening agents, epidural administration—are displayed prominently to ensure continuity of care across shift changes.
The Operational Impact
When every member of the care team has access to the same real-time information, communication improves dramatically. Providers can check patient status from anywhere. Charge nurses can anticipate staffing needs hours in advance. Anesthesia can be notified proactively rather than reactively.
The result is a more coordinated, efficient, and ultimately safer Labor & Delivery unit.
See the Motherboard in Action
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