Your Midwife in a Pocket  – for Advancing Personalized Maternity Care with Medical Insight

Pregnancy and birth are among life’s most profound journeys. Every pregnancy is highly personalized, shaped by a woman’s medical history, prior health challenges, and potential obstacles such as chronic conditions or genetic risk factors. In Germany, as in many other countries, the complexity of care is compounded by a lack of interoperability between inpatient and outpatient services, making it difficult to share essential information efficiently. Maternity teams across the UK, Europe, and the US face similar pressures: rising case complexity, time constraints, and overwhelming flows of information. Gynecologists, midwives, and specialty ambulances often lack the capacity to repeatedly answer common questions, while language barriers and fragmented communication between physicians, midwives, health insurers, and online resources further complicate care.

Midwife Roberta bridges this gap, serving as the missing link between expectant mothers and healthcare teams. The solution is highly personalized, configured by a woman’s gynecologist or midwife, and allows women to choose the level of information they wish to receive. It consolidates all relevant data in one pocket-accessible platform—ready for emergency unit visits, multiple physician consultations, and handover to the delivery room. Midwife Roberta is adaptable to every pregnancy, from low-risk to high-risk cases, and aims to be reimbursed for risk pregnancies to ensure broader access for those who need it most.

By providing medically verified, guideline-based information tailored to each woman’s specific case, Midwife Roberta prepares mothers for the potential choices they may encounter during delivery. It explains what to expect and why certain options might be recommended, empowering women to enter the delivery room informed and confident, capable of making decisions for themselves and their baby even in high-pressure situations.

For midwives and obstetricians, the solution streamlines information, reduces repetition, and improves handovers, freeing valuable time for direct, compassionate care and enhancing coordination across the healthcare team.

Beyond individual encounters, Midwife Roberta connects stakeholders across fragmented healthcare systems. By preventing complications, reducing unnecessary interventions, and lowering overall costs, it benefits families, professionals, and institutions alike.

The platform is developed by a physician and interoperability expert from the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) and is supported by specialists from the Charité Obstetrics department as well as international experts in women’s health. The project has validated both the clinical need and the concept and is now preparing its minimum viable product (MVP), ensuring clinical rigor, usability, and safety.