3/18/2022: The State of Maternity Care and Digital Health

Health systems are facing challenges from direct-to-consumer competitors while struggling under staff and physician shortages. Coverage from HIMSS shows healthcare leaders considering digital investment as a solution. Value-based maternity care could be threatened by conflicting interests from insurers and providers, plus new research around the patient journey before and after preeclampsia. 

3/17, MedCity News: Digital transformation is imperative to combat healthcare’s labor crisis

3/16, Mobihealth News: 99% of health systems leaders say it's important to invest in digital health

3/16, Fierce Healthcare: HIMSS 2022 - Health systems see virtual care companies as biggest competitive threat: Report

3/15, Modern Healthcare: Insurer-provider wrangling limits bundled maternity growth

3/9, NPR: The Pandemic Is Making America's Maternal Mortality Rate Worse

3/7, Vox: Maternity wards are shuttering across the US during the pandemic

March 2022: Raising The Stakes To Advance Equity In Black Maternal Health

New Research:

Patient journey during and after a pre-eclampsia-complicated pregnancy: a cross-sectional patient registry study

The Great ReExamination: Examining the Pandemic's Challenging Working Conditions for Doctors and Nurses

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