Telemedicine may increase visit completion rates in postpartum patients with preeclampsia

Monika Sanghavi, Elizabeth Packard, Santina Sperling, Lauren A Eberly, Marietta Ambrose, Howard M Julien, Adi Hirshberg, Sri Adusumalli and Jennifer Lewey

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 10, 1-5

Abstract: Postpartum cardiovascular (CV) evaluation of women with preeclampsia is recommended to screen for and treat modifiable risk factors to reduce lifetime CV risk. However, attendance at in-person postpartum obstetric and cardiology clinic visits is low. The aim of this study was to compare the completion rate of new patient telemedicine visits to in-person office visits for patients with preeclampsia referred for postpartum hypertension management and CV risk assessment at a single center. There were 236 unique new patient visits scheduled during the study period. The average age was 30.3 years, 73.7% patients were Black, and 56.7% had Medicaid insurance. The completion rate was 32% for in-person clinic visits and 70% for telemedicine visits. Women who did not complete an office visit were more likely to be Black (87% vs. 56%, p

Date: 2022
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