ReviewBMC medicine2023
Telehealth in antenatal care: recent insights and advances.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Teleultrasound in obstetrics: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2026Pooled it
- eHealth and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of home ultrasound in patients with previous late pregnancy loss: an interventional study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Trial
- Remote maternal-fetal telemedicine monitoring for high-risk pregnancy care: A feasibility study.PloS one · 2025Trial
- The FemTech revolution: Unlocking the potential of new technology for optimizing pregnancy outcomes in low- and middle-income countries and remote areas.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
- Home Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Pregnancy: Patient Experience and Acceptance in the Era of Digital Prenatal Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A study on the distribution of high-risk pregnancies and the influencing factors of pregnancy outcomes in Changde City, Hunan Province, China.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Remote home cardiotocography: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Healthcare delivery in the arctic-telehealth prospects.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Review
- The impact of COVID-19 on the management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: An assessment of quality of care and outcomes.Obstetric medicine · 2025Article
- State-Level Prevalence of Maternity Care Deserts: Association With Healthcare Access, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Medicaid Recipients.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- Real-time telementoring in gynecology ultrasound: Impact on patient pathway and postgraduate training.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Learning from the Implementation of Disability-Inclusive Maternity Care: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The roles of COVID-19 pandemic exposure and telehealth in prenatal care access for rural and racial minority communities in the United States: A retrospective cohort study.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025Article
- Adherence to digital pregnancy care - lessons learned from the SMART start feasibility study.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Obstetricians' experiences with remote monitoring programs for hypertensive disorders.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
- Virtual-Based Prenatal Care Methods and Their Reported Outcomes-A Scoping Review.Health science reports · 2025Review
- Retrospective cohort of prenatal home ultrasound utilization and maternal-neonatal outcomes.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Virtual telehealth visits for prenatal checkups during the COVID- 19 pandemic in Japan: a nationwide survey and feasibility study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- A comparative cross-sectional study of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obstetrics and gynecology admissions in Croatia.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundFor decades, antenatal care in high-resource settings has involved 12-14 face-to-face visits across pregnancy. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many care providers to rapidly embrace telehealth to reduce face-to-face visits. Here we review recent advances in telehealth used to provide antenatal care. MAIN BODY: We conducted a narrative review examining the impact of telehealth on obstetric care. Two broad types of telehealth are used in antenatal care. The first is real-time telehealth, where consultations are done virtually instead of face-to-face. The second is remote monitoring, where in-clinic physical examinations are replaced with at-home alternatives. These can include blood pressure monitoring, fetal heart rate monitoring, and emerging technologies such as tele-ultrasound. Large cohort studies conducted during the pandemic era have shown that telehealth appears not to have increased adverse clinical outcomes for mothers or babies. However, further studies may be required to confidently conclude rare outcomes are unchanged, such as maternal mortality, serious morbidity, or stillbirth. Health economic studies suggest telehealth has the potential to reduce the financial cost of care provision. Telehealth in antenatal care seems to be acceptable to both pregnant women and healthcare providers.
conclusionAdoption of telehealth technologies may improve the antenatal care experience for women and reduce healthcare expenditure without adversely impacting health outcomes for the mother or baby. More studies are warranted to confirm telehealth does not alter the risk of rare outcomes such as maternal or neonatal mortality.
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