Women & Child Health
Maternal Care Continuity

Optimizing Maternal Care Continuity with Realize-365

How Realize-365 unifies documented maternal and infant data so care teams can review changes earlier during the postpartum period.

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Unified Record View

Earlier visibility into jaundice & dehydration signs

Documented-Trend Visibility

Reduced maternal readmission risk

Clinical Background

Patients: Mrs. Priya Kapoor (32y, Post-C-section, mild gestational hypertension) & Baby Aria Kapoor (3d old, mild jaundice)

Setting: Inpatient maternity → home health follow-up → outpatient newborn clinic. Obstetric History: G2P1, prior uncomplicated vaginal delivery. Challenges included monitoring maternal hypertension and infant feeding/jaundice simultaneously, with data fragmented across two separate patient charts.

1

Inpatient Phase: Post-C-Section Monitoring & Early Feeding/Jaundice Tracking

Clinical Problem

On post-op day 1, Priya reports mild dizziness; BP is borderline elevated (148/92). Baby Aria has had only two effective feeds in 8 hours, one wet diaper, and visible facial jaundice. Maternal vitals and infant logs are fragmented. Missing these early patterns risks worsening postpartum hypertension and neonatal dehydration.

Realize-365 Action

Query: "Analyze maternal vitals and output + infant weight trend, bilirubin levels, feeding for the first 24 hours. Compare all findings to ACOG & AAP early postpartum benchmarks."

ParameterValueInsight
Infant Feeds6 feeds/24hBelow target (8-12)
Bilirubin5.8 → 7.1 mg/dLRising (3.9% weight loss)
Maternal BP142/90 → 148/92Rising

Insight: Documented feeds are below target and bilirubin is rising faster than average. Maternal BP is trending upward — flagged for clinician evaluation for postpartum hypertension.

Impact

  • Surfaces documented feeding and bilirubin trends 12–24 hours earlier for clinician review.
  • Integrates maternal + infant data automatically.
2

Inpatient Phase: Surfacing Documented Post-C-Section Wound Findings

Clinical Problem

On post-operative day 2, Priya reports her incision "feels warmer than yesterday." Notes are scattered: one nurse noted mild serous drainage, another noted 1 cm erythema, and overnight vitals showed low-grade temps. Clinicians rarely see these synthesized.

Realize-365 Action

Realize-365 surfaces a structured summary of the documented findings:

Documented Wound FindingsIncreasing erythema, warmth, drainage, rising pain.
Low-grade Fever Trend99.8–100.2°F over 36 hours.
Rising WBC10.4 → 12.6

Insight: Documented findings are inconsistent with expected POD2 recovery, flagged for clinician review with the documented wound-care entries linked in one view.

Impact

  • Transforms scattered maternal data into a single structured summary for clinician review.
  • Surfaces SSI-consistent findings 12–24 hours earlier, supporting earlier clinician review.
3

Home Health Visit: Jaundice Progression & Weight Loss Tracking

Clinical Problem

On day 4 post-discharge, home health observes mild scleral icterus and notes the infant now weighs 6 lbs 0 oz (–7% from birth). Parents report difficulty waking the baby for feeds.

Realize-365 Action

Query: "Summarize bilirubin progression, feeding volume, and weight changes since birth relevant to jaundice monitoring."

Weight: 6 lbs 0 oz–7% (Borderline)
Bilirubin: 5.8 → 8.5 → 13.2 mg/dLRising rapidly
Feeds: 6 per daySuboptimal (Target 8-12)

Insight: Documented bilirubin trend is approaching the AAP 2022 phototherapy threshold, alongside a below-target feeding pattern — flagged for clinician review, shown against the published AAP 2022 reference thresholds with source links for the care team.

Impact

  • Supports earlier clinician review of documented feeding and weight trends.
  • Ensures early safe intervention.
4

Early Breastfeeding Failure & Risk of Dehydration

Clinical Problem

At the 1-week outpatient newborn visit, parents report feeding 6–7 times/day, longer sleep intervals, and less than 3 wet diapers/day. These symptoms often go unnoticed without integrated log-based analysis.

Realize-365 Action

Query: "Analyze home feeding logs, diaper output, weight change, and parent-submitted photos. Compare findings to expected 7-day newborn benchmarks."

Day 1-2 Feeds6-7 (Below target)
Day 3-4 Wet Diapers2 (Output below benchmarks)
Day 7 Weight6 lbs 0 oz (Plateau at -7%)

Insight: Documented feeding frequency and output are consistently below expected newborn norms, consistent with early dehydration and breastfeeding difficulty — flagged for clinician review, with the documented feeding log linked so the care team can plan support.

Impact

  • Surfaces documented feeding-pattern changes early for clinician review.
  • Keeps documented weight and intake trends visible for the care team.

Why this case matters

Dyad Monitoring

Realize-365 is unique in its ability to link maternal and infant charts, treating them as a dyad so care teams can review documented changes affecting both together.

Benchmark Analysis

Documented values are shown alongside ACOG and AAP reference benchmarks so care teams can review subtle changes early.

Timely Intervention

Earlier visibility of documented feeding trends helps care teams arrange timely lactation support and pursue their readmission-reduction goals.