How Telehealth Can be Used to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: A Population Approach

Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Jun 1;64(2):398-406. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000610.

Abstract

Mobile applications and telehealth services are being used to unprecedented degrees in maternal and child care, with uncertain impact on population health outcomes. In this article, we will review the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in accelerating large scale implementation of telehealth services, known and anticipated impacts on maternal and child health and related inequities, and potential strategies to optimize outcomes at the population level.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / prevention & control
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
  • Child
  • Child Health Services* / organization & administration
  • Child Health*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Ethnicity
  • Female
  • Health Policy
  • Health Status Disparities*
  • Healthcare Disparities*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Maternal Health Services* / organization & administration
  • Minority Groups
  • Mobile Applications
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Pregnancy
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Telemedicine / methods*
  • Telemedicine / organization & administration
  • United States