Chief Healthcare Executive September 20, 2022
The medical center teamed with Rimidi, an Atlanta firm, to track postpartum patients and identify those at higher risk for stroke or other complications.
Christina Yarrington says there’s a group of patients that have been a consistent source of concern.
Yarrington, director of labor and delivery at Boston Medical Center, has long worried about patients who have just had a baby and had a pregnancy affected by high blood pressure. Within days of giving birth, they can see alarming blood pressure increases that can put them at risk of stroke or a heart attack.
These blood pressure spikes often occur several days after giving birth, and after the patients have been discharged from the hospital. They are a driving factor...
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