Table 1.

List of papers included in the final analysis and the name of study tools.

Paper (Reference number)		Yeara	Name of tool
“Quality of prenatal and maternal care: Bridging the know-do gap” (QUALMAT study): an electronic clinical decision support system for rural sub-Saharan Africa [21]		2013	QUALMAT eCDSSb
The Moyo fetal heart rate monitor [22]		2014	Moyo monitor
mLabour: design and evaluation of a mobile partograph and labor ward management application [23]		2016	mLabour
Continuous monitoring of cervical dilatation and fetal head station during labor [24]		2007	Computerized labor-monitor
The design and implementation of the PartoPen maternal health monitoring system [25]		2013	PartoPen
Improving maternal labor monitoring in Kenya using digital pen technology: a user evaluation [26]		2012	PartoPen
Cost-effectiveness of a clinical decision support system in improving maternal health care in Ghana [27]		2015	QUALMAT eCDSS
Impact of an electronic clinical decision support system on workflow in antenatal care: the QUALMAT eCDSS in rural health care facilities in Ghana and Tanzania [28]		2015	QUALMAT eCDSS
A mobile multi-agent information system for ubiquitous fetal monitoring [29]		2014	Fetal IMAIS
A study of an intelligent system to support decision making in the management of labour using the cardiotocograph–the infant study protocol [30]		2016	INFANT
The development of a simplified, effective, labour monitoring-to-action (SELMA) tool for better outcomes in labour difficulty (BOLD): Study protocol [31]		2015	SELMA
Life curve mobile application: an easier alternative to paper partograph [32]		2015	Life curve
ePartogram: a mobile decision support tool to address labor complications [33]		2013	ePartogram
Another set of eyes: Remote fetal monitoring surveillance aids the busy labor and delivery unit [34]		2010	ANGEL shield

^aYear of publication.

^beCDSS: electronic clinical decision support system.