By Sarai Rodriguez March 15, 2023 – A study out of the University of Michigan found that the absence of a clear policy for newborn drug screening, physician bias, and institutional racism…
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By Mark Melchionna March 13, 2023 – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has unveiled a webpage and online tool to provide residents with information on providers that offer virtual reproductive…
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Many Americans lack a primary care provider. Because of this problem, women often end up using their OB/GYN as their primary care provider, which can be problematic because OB/GYNs aren’t trained to provide primary…
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Our new guest on Digital Health Interviews is Jonas Koblin – an experienced entrepreneur who decided to check his skills in digital health as well. So he created Mali Family Health – daily pregnancy…
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NZ eases access to mental health, addiction supportNew Zealand’s Ministry of Health has officially launched an online portal for accessing the services provided by the Access and Choice programme.
The said website puts all Access…
Accurate estimation of gestational age is an essential component of good obstetric care and informs clinical decision-making throughout pregnancy. As the date of the last menstrual period is often unknown or uncertain, ultrasound measurement…
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Three U.S. senators recently introduced legislation that would ban the use of health data for advertising and marketing purposes. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) proposed the bill, which…
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Zocdoc, which provides quick access to a person’s local in-network provider, has teamed up with maternal healthcare startup Zaya Care to provide insurance-covered pregnancy and postpartum care for patients in New Jersey and New York,…
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Zaya Care, a network of pregnancy and postpartum care that takes insurance, will leverage Zocdoc to broaden access to maternity services.WHY IT MATTERSNew parents can now find and book video as well as in-person…
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Most new moms experience the “baby blues.” But some struggle with far worse. Peripartum depression (an inclusive term that includes postpartum depression) is defined by Johns Hopkins Guides as a “major depressive episode” that…
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