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Telehealth enables opioid use disorder treatment during pregnancy

March 21, 2024 - Telehealth is an effective treatment option for opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The opioid crisis has raged in the United States since the 1990s. An estimated 2.7 million people, 12 or older, reported having OUD in 2020, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Which Emerging Virtual Care Companies are Top-of-Mind for Health Orgs?

February 01, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

Virtual care remains a vital area of interest and investment for healthcare stakeholders. Supported by technologies like telehealth platforms, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and virtual sitting solutions, virtual care strategies...

Leveraging an mHealth App to Improve Maternal Outcomes in Michigan

January 22, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

The United States is facing a maternal health crisis, with mortality rates that are three times the rate in most other high-income countries. Mitigating this crisis is a priority for healthcare stakeholders, including public health...

Hybrid Care Model Provided Effective Prenatal Care During the PHE

July 24, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

New research indicated that the use of a hybrid care model for providing prenatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic did not alter rates of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, maternal morbidity, cesarean...

Maternal Health Collaboration to Employ Virtual Consultations

July 14, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

After receiving $1.75 million in funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Piedmont Health Services (PHS), in partnership with UNC Family Medicine and the Chatham County Public...

Senators Reintroduce Bill to Improve Maternal Care Through Telehealth

May 23, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

US Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) have reintroduced bipartisan legislation known as the Tech to Save Moms Act, which aims to leverage telehealth and digital health...

Telehealth Supports Maternal Mental Health, But No One-Size-Fits-All

May 03, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Published in BMC Psychiatry, a new study indicates that telehealth interventions evaluated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can help treat common maternal mental health, but researchers stated...

Pilot Program Targets Maternal Health Disparities Using Virtual Tracking

April 24, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

A new pilot program from Aetna Better of Maryland and Mae is looking to eliminate maternal health disparities through doula support and engagement tools. According to Gayle Jordan-Randolph, MD, Chief...

NIH Recognizes Various Tools for Improving Maternal Health Outcomes

April 06, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a list of winners that were selected to advance in a prize competition to improve maternal outcomes known as Rapid Acceleration of...

Leveraging a Digital Health App to Address Anemia, Maternal Health

April 04, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

About eight years ago, Huiri Kim was told that she might be anemic. She then did what many people with anemia symptoms tend to do — ignore them and hope they go away. "About 3 million people in the US have anemia, but I think a lot...

Collab to Expand Medicaid Access to Virtual Maternal-Fetal Healthcare

March 21, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

MedArrive is partnering with Ouma Health, a maternity-focused telehealth services provider, to expand access to maternal-fetal healthcare among Medicaid beneficiaries in their homes. MedArrive...

Partnership to Support Healthcare Access for Black Mothers Through App

March 16, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

A partnership between UnitedHealth Group and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) aims to address maternal health disparities by leveraging a mobile app to assist Black mothers struggling to obtain...

Telehealth Boosts Postpartum Visit Attendance Among Black Patients

February 13, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Offering telehealth options for postpartum care helped cut racial disparities in visit attendance, according to a study. Published in the February issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and...

NJ Health Systems Strike Digital Maternity Care Partnership

February 08, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Healthcare Transformation Consortium (HTC), a collaborative of independent health systems in New Jersey, has entered into a partnership with health technology company Wildflower Health to launch a...

Michigan to Offer Pregnancy App to Medicaid Beneficiaries

January 24, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

To support residents through pregnancy and in the postpartum period, the state of Michigan is providing Medicaid-eligible families with access to the Philips Pregnancy+ mobile application. The...

Northwell Health Launches AI-Based Chatbot to Reduce Maternal Mortality

January 12, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Known as Northwell Health Pregnancy Chats, a newly released chatbot at Northwell Health aims to lower morbidity and mortality rates among pregnant women by using artificial intelligence (AI)-based...

Collaboration to Expand Access to Breastfeeding Support Via Telehealth

January 06, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Connecticut Children's Care Network has entered into a partnership with Nest Collaborative to support Connecticut families and newborns through telehealth-enabled breastfeeding support. Operating...

Collaboration Aims to Provide Virtual Breastfeeding Support

November 30, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

A partnership between Nest Collaborative and Kettering Health aimed to provide prenatal and postpartum assistance through the implementation of virtual breastfeeding support services available seven...

Women With Preeclampsia Can Benefit From Targeted App-Based Intervention

November 01, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

A recent study published in BMC Women’s Health found that for app-based cardiovascular health interventions for women with severe preeclampsia to be well-received and successful, they should...

Mayo Clinic, Memora Health Launch Virtual Postpartum Care Research Program

October 28, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

In collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Memora Health has launched the first phase of a research program focused on virtual postpartum care. The program aims to improve communication between patients and...

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