MIDWIFE is an efficient data collection tool for nurse-midwives, students, faculty and practitioners. Ms. Payne and three colleagues developed the software that runs on a Pocket PC (Windows Mobile). Based on the American College of Nurse Midwives data sets, Ms. Payne customized and designed the software to enable students to provide clinical information on patient care. The application consists of a series of custom forms, the variables for each form were designed so that almost all entry choices are contained in drop down selection boxes and all numerical entries can be made with a stylus.

The benefits of MIDWIFE are two-fold. It allows nurse-midwives to collect more accurate and complete data sets and it allows faculty to retrieve the clinical data for student evaluation. Midwife Pocket PC software provides students and faculty with a tool to support and enhance clinical learning experiences and improve patient outcomes through accurate data collection.