TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - High-Risk Obstetrics and Telehealth A1 - Lowery, Curtis A2 - Rheuban, Karen Schulder A2 - Krupinski, Elizabeth A. Y1 - 1 N1 - T2 - Understanding Telehealth AB - High-risk pregnancies “threaten the health or life of the mother or her fetus” and are often prompted by certain risk factors like “existing health conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or being HIV-positive; overweight and obesity; multiple births, and young or old maternal age.”1 The National Institutes of Health recommend that high-risk pregnancies receive the care of a “special team of health care providers” to ensure healthy outcomes for both mothers and their infants.1 However, such a “special team” represents a professional resource that is swiftly dwindling. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists project that the United States will lack 6,000 to 8,000 obstetricians by the year 2020, with a potential shortage of 22,000 by 2050.2 Even scarcer are obstetricians, like maternal-fetal medicine specialists, prepared to handle high-risk pregnancies. Considering this need and shortage, telemedicine becomes a natural means of distributing specialty high-risk obstetrical expertise in an efficient manner. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157311543 ER -