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
1/30, 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)