TY  - JOUR
AU  - Inderstrodt, Jill
AU  - Stumpff, Julia C
AU  - Smollen, Rebecca C
AU  - Sridhar, Shreya
AU  - El-Azab, Sarah A
AU  - Ojo, Opeyemi
AU  - Bowns, Brendan
AU  - Haggstrom, David A
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/3/25
TI  - Informatics Interventions for Maternal Morbidity: Scoping Review
JO  - Interact J Med Res
SP  - e64826
VL  - 14
KW  - scoping review
KW  - maternal morbidity
KW  - medical informatics
KW  - clinical informatics
KW  - mother
KW  - pregnant
KW  - perinatal
KW  - GDM
KW  - preeclampsia
KW  - maternity
KW  - gestational diabetes mellitus
AB  - Background: Women have been entering pregnancy less healthy than previous generations, placing them at increased risk for pregnancy complications. One approach to ensuring effective monitoring and treatment of at-risk women is designing technology-based interventions that prevent maternal morbidities and treat perinatal conditions. Objective: This scoping review evaluates what informatics interventions have been designed and tested to prevent and treat maternal morbidity. Methods: MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Library were searched to identify relevant studies. The inclusion criteria were studies that tested a medical or clinical informatics intervention; enrolled adult women; and addressed preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), preterm birth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–defined severe maternal morbidity, or perinatal mental health conditions. Demographic, population, and intervention data were extracted to characterize the technologies, conditions, and populations addressed. Results: A total of 80 studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria. Many of the studies tested for multiple conditions. Of these, 73% (60/82) of the technologies were tested for either GDM or perinatal mental health conditions, and 15% (12/82) were tested for preeclampsia. For technologies, 32% (28/87) of the technologies tested were smartphone or tablet applications, 26% (23/87) were telehealth interventions, and 14% (12/87) were remote monitoring technologies. Of the many outcomes measured by the studies, almost half (69/140, 49%) were patient physical or mental health outcomes. Conclusions: Per this scoping review, most informatics interventions address three conditions: GDM, preeclampsia, and mental health. There may be opportunities to treat other potentially lethal conditions like postpartum hemorrhage using proven technologies such as mobile apps. Ample gaps in the literature exist concerning the use of informatics technologies aimed at maternal morbidity. There may be opportunities to use informatics for lesser-targeted conditions and populations. 
SN  - 1929-073X
UR  - https://www.i-jmr.org/2025/1/e64826
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/64826
DO  - 10.2196/64826
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/64826
ER  -