Feasibility of Utilizing Telehealth in a Multidisciplinary Postpartum Hypertension Clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Remote delivery of care improves outcomes following hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, but little is known about the implementation of a multidisciplinary clinic in the virtual space. In this study, we developed a multidisciplinary postpartum hypertension clinic with a telehealth component run jointly with Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Cardiology.

Materials and methods

Women were referred from Cardiology and Obstetrics providers or through our postpartum remote blood pressure (BP) program and were offered the option of an in-person or telemedicine visit. For virtual visits, BP was recorded by home measurement. We compared clinical and demographic characteristics by visit type (virtual vs. in-person).

Results

Of 175 patients scheduled (2019-2021), 140 atte

SUBMITTER: Countouris M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9712043 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature