Using Telehealth Approaches to Address Social Determinants of Health and Improve Pregnancy and Postpartum Outcomes.
Clin Obstet Gynecol
; 64(2): 333-344, 2021 06 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1197047
ABSTRACT
Telehealth has expanded its reach significantly since its inception due to the advances in technology over the last few decades. Social determinants of health (SDOH) negatively impact the health of pregnant and postpartum women and need to be considered when deploying telehealth strategies. In this article, we describe telehealth modalities and their application to improve the SDOH that impact pregnancy and postpartum outcomes. Physicians and patients alike report satisfaction with telehealth as it improves access to education, disease monitoring, specialty care, prenatal and postpartum care. Ten years ago, we developed a program, Moms2B, to eliminate disparities in pregnancy outcomes for underserved women. Using a case study, we describe how Moms2B, devoted to improve the SDOH for pregnant women, transitioned from an in-person to a virtual format. Telehealth benefited women before the recent coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and increasingly after emergency authorizations has allowed telehealth to flourish.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prenatal Care
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Telemedicine
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Perinatal Care
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Health Status Disparities
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Healthcare Disparities
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Social Determinants of Health
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Health Services Accessibility
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Obstet Gynecol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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