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# [2/05/2021 The State of Maternity Care and Digital Health Tech](https://babyscripts.com/blog/2/05/2021-the-state-of-maternity-care-and-digital-health-tech)

 Written by [The Babyscripts Team](https://babyscripts.com/blog/author/the-babyscripts-team) | February 5

The effects of hypertension in pregnancy and its ongoing implications for women's health were under consideration this week, partially due to Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. Experts weigh the importance of remote patient monitoring to supplement telehealth and debate ongoing concerns about COVID, the vaccine and pregnancy. 

2/4, Contemporary OB-GYN: [Chronic hypertension in women with pregestational diabetes](https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/chronic-hypertension-in-women-with-pregestational-diabetes)

2/3, Contemporary OB-GYN: [Hypertension and persistent inflammation with prior preeclampsia](https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/hypertension-and-persistent-inflammation-with-prior-preeclampsia)

2/3, MedCity News: [Remote patient monitoring is not the "future." It's the "now."](https://medcitynews.com/2021/02/remote-patient-monitoring-is-not-the-future-its-the-now/)

2/2, Medscape: [COVID in Pregnancy Tied to Hypertension, Preeclampsia](https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945096#vp_1)

2/2, Bloomberg: [Pregnant People Deserve Better Data on COVID-19](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-02/are-covid-19-vaccines-safe-during-pregnancy-women-deserve-better-data)

2/2, Kansas City Star: [One mother’s fight on ‘the front lines of a revolution’ to save Black mothers, babies](https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/community/article248873664.html)

2/1, MedPage Today: [Can High Postpartum Blood Pressure Predict Future Hypertension Risk?](https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/smfm/90982)

2/1, Health Affairs: [Strategic Priorities For The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services To Advance Medicaid Reform](https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210129.937900/full/)

1/22, Healthcare IT News: [How to win physician confidence in remote patient monitoring programs](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/how-win-physician-confidence-remote-patient-monitoring-programs)

**Consumer Corner**

2/3, The New York Times: [What's in Your Prenatal Vitamin? (](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/parenting/pregnancy/prenatal-vitamins-regulation-fda.html)Dr. Nate DeNicola)

1/25, The List: [What an OB-GYN Wants You To Know Before Getting a Birth Control Implant (Dr. Lauren Demosthenes)](https://www.thelist.com/319079/what-an-ob-gyn-wants-you-to-know-before-getting-a-birth-control-implant/?utm_content=152480345&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2904233621)

 

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