title: Maternity telehealth: ringing the changes.
abstract: This article describes NHS Scotland's Maternity telehealth options project and the implementation of the recommendations made. This 17-month project resulted in the development of national documentation for recording telehealth calls; the development of a self-directed eLearning tool on maternity telehealth call structure which was made available to all health boards in Scotland; a comprehensive programme of training on telehealth for student midwives; a programme of 'Train-the-trainer' events for qualified midwives to enable the cascade of learning throughout the service. The project also involved collaboration with Health Scotland, signposting for women to contact the appropriate caregiver at the appropriate time.
authors.affiliation: Royal Alexandra Hospital.
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Finlay
authors.affiliation: NHS Glasgow and Clyde.
authors.forename: Sheona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D013338:Students, Nursing; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*