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Reach Heallthcare. n.d.. Reversing maternal morbidity and mortality trends with digital healthcare. San Diego, CA: Reach Healthcare Organization,

Annotation: This white paper discusses the worsening maternal morbidity and mortality (MMM) rates in the United States, which continue to disproportionately affect Black/African American and American Indian/Alaska Native women. The document addresses maternal health risks, the costs associated with maternal morbidity, and four crucial delays in care identified by the World Health Organization (WHO): delays in seeking medical care, reaching a facility, diagnosis/misdiagnosis, and receiving appropriate treatment. It discusses how digital healthcare solutions can advance maternal health by closing gaps in care, diminishing these four delays, empowering women to self-monitor, and equipping providers with more patient data for timely diagnosis. The paper describes the "Happy Mama" technology platform, which is designed to guide patients from preconception through 12 months postpartum while using FHIR-based interoperability standards to connect patient data with provider Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

Keywords: Data collection, Health care disparities, Maternal morbidity, Maternal mortality, Remote patient monitoring, Telemedicine
   

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