Prenatal Telehealth During the Pandemic

Prenatal Telehealth During the Pandemic | New Issue of TMT!

Published: Tue, 12/14/21

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Prenatal Telehealth During the Pandemic: Sociodemographic and Clinical Associations
Cheng Gao et al
https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v6.279

Objectives: Like other areas of care affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth (both audio and video) was rapidly adopted in the obstetric setting. We performed a retrospective analysis of electronic health record (EHR) data to characterize the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with telehealth utilization among patients who received prenatal care.

Results: During the study period, 2,521 patients had 16,516 prenatal care visits. 938 (37.2%) of the patients participated in at least one of 1,934 virtual prenatal care visits. Prenatal visits were more likely to be conducted through telehealth for patients who were older than 25 years old and lived in rural areas.

Discussion includes disparities in telehealth use for prenatal care, low English language proficiency, high-speed internet and/or hardware, Medicaid insurance and future work.

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