Telehealth and postpartum care
Your maternal telehealth program can still play an important role in the care and health of your patients even after they give birth.
What are barriers to postpartum care?
Barriers to postpartum care could include:
- The cost associated with travel, parking, or the cost of gas
- Long driving distances between home and your provider’s office
- Not being able to drive for a period after childbirth per your provider’s instructions
- Lack of childcare for the new baby or older siblings
Postpartum telehealth services
In-person appointments will be necessary in some postpartum cases. But there are still many ways to care for postpartum patients with telehealth. A list of potential services includes general health check-in to see how the patient is doing after childbirth, lactation support, screening and treatment for postpartum depression, therapy appointments with telehealth, and referral to specialists.
More information:
Tele-Maternal Health — from the Rural Health Information Hub