2/10/2023: The State of Maternity Care and Digital Health

In the news, the value of blood pressure monitoring in the prenatal and postpartum period is getting attention, as more data emerges around instances of blood pressure-related complications in the maternity period. Proposed changes to race/ethnicity data collection could be a breakthrough for achieving health equity, while RPM and telehealth may be a solution for continuing staffing challenges.

2/7, The New York Times: Frequent Blood Pressure Monitoring is Needed During and After Pregnancy

2/7, MedPage Today: Prenatal Screening to Expand to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

2/2, mHealth Intelligence: How One FQHC is Using Telehealth, RPM to Alleviate Staffing Challenges

1/31, KFF: Proposed Changes to Federal Standards for Collecting and Reporting Race/Ethnicity Data: What Are They and Why do they Matter?

1/30, Digital Health: With nurses striking, can digital health nursing solutions help hospitals?

1/30, Patient Engagement HIT: Do Patients Get Enough Education About Their Blood Pressure?

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1/31, Healthcare IT Today: Dramatically Improving Population Health Through Remote Patient Monitoring Data (Anish Sebastian)