Healthcare IT News August 14, 2020
Fran Ayalasomayajula, founder and president of Reach, wants to get a blood pressure monitor into the hands of every patient in their third trimester of pregnancy.
In 2017, about 810 women around the world died every day from pregnancy-related causes. The United States’ maternal mortality rate is an abysmal one, particularly for Black women and Native women – whose risk is three to four times higher than that of white women.
“I am so done with the numbers,” said Fran Ayalasomayajula, head of the population health portfolio for worldwide healthcare, at HP. “I’m glad that now, after ten years, we have new data. Meanwhile, today somewhere 900 women are dying. Giving birth and dying. And we’re still talking about the...
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