Best Complex Pregnancy Management Products

Health systems know that pregnancies are make or break opportunities to deliver high quality, affordable care, and build enduring relationships with women — a group that spends 34% more on healthcare over their lifetime as compared to men. This site features the 12 essential elements of a comprehensive, digitally-enabled perinatal care strategy.

Background: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, preterm births and preventable deaths in the US outpaced those in peer countries, especially among Black, Indigenous, and people of color. COVID-19 added to the challenges of pregnant people, new parents, and their newborns. Young families are challenged with isolation, perinatal depression, and economic challenges brought on by the recession. Healthcare providers need to meet the growing demand for virtual visits, encourage preventive care, and deliver on the promise of whole-person care to meet physical, behavioral, and social needs.

Women also have a higher risk for certain conditions that affect both men and women. These include depression, autoimmune disease and urinary tract infections.

Many digital innovations in women’s health today focus on maternity care. These include mobile applications that help expectant mothers:

• Access nutritional and wellness content
• Receive to-do lists
• Participate in peer-to-peer forums
• Ask questions via chat bots
• Communicate with providers through messaging and video
• Upload health information (e.g. contractions and baby kicks)

Digital solutions also offer remote care, which combines mobile applications and connected devices (e.g. scale and blood pressure cuff) that provide real-time feedback and intervention.

Care management is a team-based, patient-centered approach designed to improve medical care and help patients and their caregivers more effectively manage health conditions. Key activities include care coordination, patient education, monitoring of conditions, and providing support to help patients navigate the healthcare system. Care management programs are particularly beneficial for individuals with chronic diseases or complex health needs, aiming to enhance quality of life and reduce healthcare costs.