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ArticleMaternal and child health journal2020

Implementation of Obstetric Telehealth During COVID-19 and Beyond.

Kimberly Fryer, Arlin Delgado, Tara Foti, Chinyere N Reid, Jennifer Marshall

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Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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104 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Kimberly FryerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 2 Tampa General Circle, 6th Floor, Tampa, FL, 33606, USA. kfryer@usf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2738-9012
Arlin DelgadoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 2 Tampa General Circle, 6th Floor, Tampa, FL, 33606, USA.
Tara FotiChiles Center, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13201Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Chinyere N ReidChiles Center, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13201Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Jennifer MarshallSunshine Education and Research Center, Chiles Center College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this article is to illustrate and discuss the impact the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the delivery of obstetric care, including a discussion on the preexisting barriers, prenatal framework and need for transition to telehealth. DESCRIPTION: The COVID-19 was first detected in China in December of 2019 and by March 2020 spread to the United States. As this virus has been associated with severe illness, it poses a threat to vulnerable populations-including pregnant women. The obstetric population already faces multiple barriers to receiving quality healthcare due to personal, environmental and economic barriers, now challenged with the additional risks of COVID-19 exposure and limited care in times much defined by social distancing. ASSESSMENT: The current prenatal care framework requires patients to attend multiple in-office prenatal visits that can exponentially multiply depending on maternal and fetal comorbidities. To decrease the rate of transmission of the COVID-19 and limit exposure to patients, providers in Hillsborough County, Florida (and nationwide) are rapidly transitioning to telehealth. The use of a virtual care model allows providers to reduce in-person visits and incorporate virtual visits into the schedule of prenatal care.

conclusionDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, implementation of telehealth and telehealth have become crucial to ensure the safe and effective delivery of obstetric care. This implementation is one that will continue to require attention to planning, procedures and processes, and thoughtful evaluation to ensure the sustainability of telehealth and telehealth post COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus InfectionsDisease OutbreaksObstetricsOffice VisitsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPrenatal CareTelemedicineAdultBetacoronavirusCOVID-19FemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMiddle AgedPregnancyCOVID-19ObstetricsPrenatal careTelehealthTelemedicine

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PMCPMC7305486

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