Implementation of a novel tool to collect milk feeding data on infants in primary care clinics Journal Article uri icon
Overview
abstract
  • We aimed to capture milk feeding type in real time in a racially and socioeconomically diverse population. An electronic tool to assess milk feeding type at every medical visit for children aged 0 to 2 years was designed and incorporated into nursing workflows. The Milk Box tool was successfully added to the electronic clinical workspace of a large health system. There were eight clinics, with diverse characteristics, which incorporated the use of the Milk Box tool over 12 months. Time to 50% uptake of Milk Box varied from 3 to 5 months. Time to >80% uptake varied from 6 to 8 months. Our results show that Milk Box can be quickly incorporated into a clinical workflow when the team is given appropriate training and support. The tool also allows a primary care practice to study local breast milk consumption trends and to provide both individualized and system-level lactation support.

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    publication date
  • 2022
  • published in
    Research
    keywords
  • Breastfeeding
  • Data Collection
  • Pediatrics
  • Primary Health Care
  • Additional Document Info
    volume
  • 61
  • issue
  • 11