Benford M S, Slack C B
Comput Nurs. 1989 Jan-Feb;7(1):9-14.
The Maternal and Child Health Information Network (MATCH) was a national demonstration project funded in 1983 by a Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) grant. The network's major objectives have been to correlate collected clinical service data items into usable information, to expand the database through linkage with other systems within the Ohio Department of Health, and to analyze the conjugated data in an effort to expand current knowledge of maternal and child health. The network is interactive between local funded agencies and the state Health Department. Both data entry and data retrieval are distributed at the end-user information centers. Training and support, major components of the project, are provided to each participant and user of the network. One advantage of MATCH is that it allows linkage of clinical service records with vital records as an outcome of prenatal care and/or a history for child health clients. This aspect of the system permits an expanded look at the population being served by funds designated for maternal and child health programs and the ultimate outcome of such services, and permits comparison with those not receiving preventive health services.
母婴健康信息网络（MATCH）是1983年由一项具有区域和国家重要意义的特殊项目（SPRANS）资助的全国示范项目。该网络的主要目标是将收集到的临床服务数据项关联成可用信息，通过与俄亥俄州卫生部内的其他系统建立联系来扩展数据库，并分析整合后的数据，以努力拓展当前对母婴健康的认识。该网络在地方资助机构和州卫生部之间具有互动性。数据录入和数据检索均分布在终端用户信息中心。作为该项目的主要组成部分，培训和支持会提供给网络的每个参与者和用户。MATCH的一个优势在于，它能够将临床服务记录与生命记录相链接，作为产前护理的结果和/或儿童健康客户的病史。该系统的这一方面使得能够更全面地了解由指定用于母婴健康项目资金所服务的人群以及此类服务的最终结果，并能够与未接受预防性健康服务的人群进行比较。
