Healthcare IT Today January 31, 2023
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The following is a guest article by Anish Sebastian, CEO and Co-Founder of Babyscripts.

As winter storms sweep the country and complicate transportation, healthcare access becomes a front-and-center issue. Rural hospitals across the U.S. are shuttering their labor, delivery, and maternity wards, in many cases closing altogether. Pregnant women in remote rural areas are even more at risk this winter than previous years.

Thirty-six percent of U.S. counties now fit the designation of “maternity care desert,” meaning they have no obstetric hospitals or birth centers and no obstetric providers. For hospitals that have managed to keep their doors open against the pressures of financial and safety concerns, the physician and labor shortage has made it increasingly difficult to maintain appropriate...

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