Home-Based Monitoring and Telemonitoring of Complicated Pregnancies: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey of Current Practice in the Netherlands.

Josephus F M van den Heuvel Samira Ayubi Arie Franx Mirielle N Bekker

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

Home-based monitoring is provided in 26% (19/73) and telemonitoring, in 23% (17/73) of hospitals in the Netherlands to women with pregnancy complications. Altogether, 38% (28/73) of hospitals offer either home-based monitoring or telemonitoring or both as an alternative to hospital admission. Future research is warranted to assess safety and reimbursement issues before more widespread implementation of this practice.

Keyphrases

healthcare
primary care
quality improvement
preterm birth
emergency department
pregnancy outcomes
risk factors
cross sectional
acute care