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Pregnancy and Its Challenges

With a flurry of symptoms and challenges ranging from nausea, bloating and headache to reduced fetal movement, the perception of what comes under an alarming signal is often not very clear to mothers.

Adding to this, the lack of authentic and relevant information on nutrition, care, delivery, and other aspects of pregnancy makes mothers feel more vulnerable and less involved. This makes them anxious about every little change they experience during their pregnancy. In such instances, the need for a system where a patient can receive constant monitoring and reassurance from their healthcare providers becomes necessary.

High-Risk Pregnancy

A high-risk pregnancy is when a pregnant lady has one or more conditions that raise her, or her baby’s, chances for health problems or preterm delivery. Around 30% of the pregnancies in India are high risk.

These are some common high-risk conditions (India) and the complications these could potentially cause.

To manage such high-risk pregnancies effectively and reduce the complications associated with them, such pregnant ladies have a high frequency of visits to their doctors which is inconvenient and makes the current healthcare model very rigid and not considerate of the emotional needs of an expecting mother.

Moreover, due to a lack of reliable and actionable information and alternate channels to reach out to their healthcare providers, there is significant friction in asking questions regarding changes women see in their bodies and how these changes might affect their babies. This confusion either persists throughout their pregnancy or these are resolved by family members and sources on the internet which may or may not be reliable.

All of these factors add up and increase the anxiety and confusion regarding their pregnancy, delivery, and the health of their baby.

Leveraging Technology

Technological advancement has given us a broad scope of opportunity to digitize the healthcare system at affordable costs. Digital Healthcare technologies like IoMT have the incredible potential not just to reduce the information flow barrier between doctor-patient and improve patient outcomes, but also get better insights from the huge pool of data and quickly arrive at data-informed conclusions.

The capabilities of such a system are accurate diagnosis, faster intervention, fewer mistakes, higher patient engagement, and lesser costs of care. Once paired with smartphones, this technology enables patients to send their health information (vitals, abnormal symptoms, etc.) to their doctors to better monitor their condition.

The most common and useful domain of application of IoMT is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).

Remote Patient Monitoring is about moving healthcare out of the constraints of hospitals and clinics and into the houses and workplaces of people where they really live and spend most of their time. It is about integrating consumer-friendly technology like smartphones and tablets along with monitoring devices so that people feel comfortable managing their own health along with constantly being connected to their doctors.

Resource URL:- https://medtel.io/redefining-prenatal-care-through-remote-patient-monitoring/