Healthcare IT News January 31, 2023
Bill Siwicki

An Epic physician researcher and a practicing maternal fetal medicine doctor collaborated on a study that produced some powerful results.

Nearly 20% of postpartum patients in America develop high blood pressure; Epic Research just found in a new study that postpartum hypertension nearly triples the chances of rehospitalization.

After looking at more than 1.2 million birth encounters and then grouping and comparing the highest blood pressure readings taken in the 24 hours after discharge, the study found:

  • Patients with blood pressure levels at or above 160/110 shortly before discharge are nearly three times more likely to be readmitted than patients with normal blood pressure readings.

  • More than 5% of postpartum patients with the highest blood pressure...

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