Knowledge management of health personnel in the face of an obstetric complication during childbirth

Abstract

Knowledge management is a set of actions aimed at generating, sharing, integrating and using knowledge within an organization. Its main purpose is to optimize products and services, improve administrative results and enhance the performance of the institution. However, the challenge is to know how to manage it from the process of creation, exchange, combination and application in order to clarify and enhance processes. In the health field, this is evidenced through the articulation of information, technology and human resources. This argumentative essay examined the knowledge that health personnel have in the face of an obstetric complication during childbirth, where the life of the mother and child binomial is at risk. The objective was to analyze its importance given that decisions are made on a daily basis due to political factors, intuition and, to a lesser extent, based on scientific information. In the first part, an analysis is made of the knowledge possessed by the staff and its repercussions on the care provided. The second part focuses on the importance from a theoretical and practical point of view in order not to harm the integrity of the patient. The third part explains the elements involved such as the source of information, the user and the communication channel that connects the source with the user, in order to guarantee good practice.