Telehealth Offers Relief for Prenatal Care and Newborn Health

A typical pregnancy requires 10 to 15 visits to the doctor’s office, but that number can be reduced to about half with the growing use of virtual care for expecting parents.
Telehealth encompasses a wide range of services, including virtual visits and remote patient monitoring that captures data recorded on mobile devices. For new and expecting parents, these serv­ices offer continued medical access and more family time in place of lengthy commutes to appointments.
The move toward incorporating more virtual care into prenatal and postpartum health was gaining traction even before the COVID-19…