Medicaid expansion opens the door to holistic postpartum care, yet 60% of new mothers still miss essential follow-ups. Over 500 hospitals have closed maternity wards, deepening rural care gaps. Plus, @asebastian87 shares insights on new BP research.

🛋️ For your weekend reading: @asebastian87 offers insights on new research regarding the importance of blood pressure monitoring for long term health.

📰In the news, impact of the OBBBA on Medicaid access, research links WIC participation w/ maternal health, plus a new podcast on the value, impact, and ROI of health tech. Read for more 👇.

Recent headlines highlight complexities of advancing health through policy. Federal officials call for expanded use of wearable devices + remote monitoring, but experts caution that w/o proper implementation, benefits may fall short. Read more 👇

A good time for a re-share!. Happy Father's Day to @asebastian87 and to all the fathers out there navigating the joys and struggles of parenthood.

Rural hospital closures eliminate L&D services, while underfunded research + systemic barriers continue to drive poor outcomes, but new insights offer promising paths forward. 👉

Honored to join @MarchofDimes to create this essential resource for healthcare providers. HDP are some of the highest causes of poor maternal outcomes - this toolkit gets life-saving tools into the hands of more new and expecting moms.

📰A Senate bill proposes eliminating out-of-pocket costs for childbirth, new research reviews advances in managing HDP, Florida sets an example for addressing OB-GYN care deserts with innovative models. Read all about it 👇.

💗 BP monitoring is the most reliable way to identify HDP. But BP monitoring has even more benefits than we knew. Read about the new study showing new implications for women's health. 👇.

📰In the news, the highs and lows of maternal health in America, lawmakers push for better maternal health support + powerful stories and new research remind us why improving care is so important. Read for more 👉

"Withings developed a device that is not only FDA-approved and easy to use but also designed with inclusivity in mind—an essential consideration for the diverse communities we serve.". Excited to put solutions into the hands of more moms with Withings!.

HPD represent 15% of pregnancy complications, making real time BP monitoring critical to improving maternal health.

38 weeks into a healthy pregnancy, Meredith Jones got a high BP reading at a routine visit. No symptoms. No previous issues. Thanks to RPM and Babyscripts, she was able to catch the early signs of preeclampsia before it became an emergency. Read more👇.

ACOG releases new guidelines for prenatal care. New research supports the efficacy of RPM for maternal health, but adoption comes down to payers and reimbursement. Plus, Rock Health discovers some surprising insights into digital health use by women.

RT @MedStarHealth: Innovations in health care are on the rise as technology becomes an integral part of daily life. Loral Patchen, CNM, PhD….

🎙️Anish Sebastian sat down with Dr. Vinay Shankar for an in-depth convo on Babyscripts and the state of maternal health.

ACOG's new Clinical Consensus outlines a transformative framework for prenatal care to 1) address unmet social needs, 2) reevaluate frequency of prenatal visits and monitoring, and 3) incorporate telemedicine and alternative care modalities.

Recent headlines highlight the alarming persistence of disparities + the growing impact of pregnancy complications like hypertensive disorders and preeclampsia—while advocates push for stronger policy responses and smarter tools like RPM.

Babyscripts senior medical director @lddemosthenes shares her clinical insights on the tragic death of "Nurse Hailey" from an amniotic fluid embolism.

Women with no risk factors going into pregnancy are experiencing complications at higher rates than ever before, esp. BP complications. Remote patient monitoring is especially - and uniquely - adapted to maternal health use cases.