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title: 5/01/2020 The State of Maternity Care and Digital Health Tech
description: The landscape of virtual care solutions post-Covid 19, plus guidance from the FDA on fetal monitoring and ACOG research on RPM for prenatal care.
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# [5/01/2020 The State of Maternity Care and Digital Health Tech](https://babyscripts.com/blog/5/01/2020-the-state-of-maternity-care-and-digital-health-tech)

 Written by [The Babyscripts Team](https://babyscripts.com/blog/author/the-babyscripts-team) | May 1

As the economy cautiously emerges from social isolation, the healthcare industry is looking at a post-pandemic landscape that will involve virtual care in some respect - the question is, to what extent? Plus, new guidance and research. 

5/1/20, CBS: [How you see your doctor could be forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/01/how-you-see-your-doctor-could-be-forever-changed-by-coronavirus.html)

4/30/20, MIT Technology Review: [Health systems are in need of radical change; virtual care will lead the way](https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/30/1000818/health-systems-are-in-need-of-radical-change-virtual-care-will-lead-the-way/)

4/30/20, The Lancet: [Remote shared care delivery: a virtual response to COVID-19](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30101-1/fulltext)

4/28/20, The New York Times: [Prenatal Care May Look Very Different After Coronavirus](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/parenting/pregnancy/coronavirus-prenatal-care.html)

4/27/20, ComputerWorld: [Telehealth booms amid COVID-19 crisis; virtual care is here to stay](https://www.computerworld.com/article/3540315/telehealth-booms-amid-covid-19-crisis-virtual-care-is-here-to-stay.html)

New guidance and research:

ACOG: [Rethinking the Traditional Prenatal Care Model](https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Citation/2020/05000/Rethinking_the_Traditional_Prenatal_Care_Model.6.aspx)

FDA: [Enforcement Policy for Non-Invasive Fetal and Maternal Monitoring Devices Used to Support Patient Monitoring During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency](https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/enforcement-policy-non-invasive-fetal-and-maternal-monitoring-devices-used-support-patient)

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