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      Obstetrical Telehealth and Virtual Care Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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          The coincidence of a global pandemic with 21st-century telecommunication technology has led to rapid deployment of virtual obstetric care beginning in March of 2020. Pregnancy involves uniquely time-sensitive health care that may be amenable to restructuring into a hybrid of telemedicine and traditional visits to optimize accessibility and outcomes. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has provided an unprecedented natural laboratory to explore how virtual obstetric care programs can be developed, implemented, and maintained, both as a contingency model for the pandemic and potentially for the future. Here, we discuss the role of telehealth and virtual care for pregnancy management in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, as well as anticipated barriers, challenges, and strategies for success for obstetric telemedicine.

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          The role of telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic review based on current evidence

          Elham Monaghesh, Alireza Hajizadeh (2020)
          Background The outbreak of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international concern. Telehealth is an effective option to fight the outbreak of COVID-19. The aim of this systematic review was to identify the role of telehealth services in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling diseases during COVID-19 outbreak. Methods This systematic review was conducted through searching five databases including PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, and Science Direct. Inclusion criteria included studies clearly defining any use of telehealth services in all aspects of health care during COVID-19 outbreak, published from December 31, 2019, written in English language and published in peer reviewed journals. Two reviewers independently assessed search results, extracted data, and assessed the quality of the included studies. Quality assessment was based on the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) checklist. Narrative synthesis was undertaken to summarize and report the findings. Results Eight studies met the inclusion out of the 142 search results. Currently, healthcare providers and patients who are self-isolating, telehealth is certainly appropriate in minimizing the risk of COVID-19 transmission. This solution has the potential to prevent any sort of direct physical contact, provide continuous care to the community, and finally reduce morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 outbreak. Conclusions The use of telehealth improves the provision of health services. Therefore, telehealth should be an important tool in caring services while keeping patients and health providers safe during COVID-19 outbreak.
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            Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Related to COVID-19

            Leo Lopez, Louis H. Hart, Mitchell Katz (2021)
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              ACOG Committee Opinion No. 736

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              The weeks following birth are a critical period for a woman and her infant, setting the stage for long-term health and well-being. To optimize the health of women and infants, postpartum care should become an ongoing process, rather than a single encounter, with services and support tailored to each woman's individual needs. It is recommended that all women have contact with their obstetrician-gynecologists or other obstetric care providers within the first 3 weeks postpartum. This initial assessment should be followed up with ongoing care as needed, concluding with a comprehensive postpartum visit no later than 12 weeks after birth. The comprehensive postpartum visit should include a full assessment of physical, social, and psychological well-being, including the following domains: mood and emotional well-being; infant care and feeding; sexuality, contraception, and birth spacing; sleep and fatigue; physical recovery from birth; chronic disease management; and health maintenance. Women with chronic medical conditions such as hypertensive disorders, obesity, diabetes, thyroid disorders, renal disease, and mood disorders should be counseled regarding the importance of timely follow-up with their obstetrician-gynecologists or primary care providers for ongoing coordination of care. During the postpartum period, the woman and her obstetrician-gynecologist or other obstetric care provider should identify the health care provider who will assume primary responsibility for her ongoing care in her primary medical home. Optimizing care and support for postpartum families will require policy changes. Changes in the scope of postpartum care should be facilitated by reimbursement policies that support postpartum care as an ongoing process, rather than an isolated visit. Obstetrician-gynecologists and other obstetric care providers should be in the forefront of policy efforts to enable all women to recover from birth and nurture their infants. This Committee Opinion has been revised to reinforce the importance of the "fourth trimester" and to propose a new paradigm for postpartum care.
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                Adina R. Kern-Goldberger
                Sindhu K. Srinivas
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clin Obstet Gynecol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Clin Obstet Gynecol
                Journal ID (publisher-id): GRF
                Title: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
                Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
                ISSN (Print): 0009-9201
                ISSN (Electronic): 1532-5520
                Publication date (Print): March 2022
                Publication date (Electronic): 16 December 2021
                Publication date PMC-release: 16 December 2021
                Volume: 65
                Issue: 1
                Pages: 148-160
                Affiliations
                Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Sindhu K. Srinivas, MD, MSCE, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2nd Floor Silverstein Building, Philadelphia, PA. E-mail: ssrinivas@ 123456pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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                Accession ID: 00020
                DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000671
                PMC ID: 8767919
                PubMed ID: 35045037
                SO-VID: 5484ffb3-cc34-40d7-b833-911a1b42841c
                Copyright © Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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                This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections.

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                Subject: COVID-19 in Obstetrics
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                Keywords: telehealth,telemedicine,covid-19,sars-cov-2,pandemic,health care delivery,prenatal care,virtual care
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