Pregnant women with hypertension can safely monitor their blood pressure at home instead of going into a hospital or clinic.

‘Pregnant women with hypertension (high blood pressure) can safely monitor their blood pressure at home instead of going into a hospital or clinic’

"It is time to use existing technology in order to improve the way we look after pregnant women. Supported by both quantitative and qualitative research data, Home Monitoring of Hypertension in Pregnancy has proven very popular and is likely to be safe and cost saving," said senior author Prof. Asma Khalil, of St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in London. "It is important to acknowledge that more studies are needed to establish safety for rare pregnancy complications and various aspects of its implementation in different healthcare settings." 




Home Monitoring of Hypertension in Pregnancy has been selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator programme, which is supported by NHS England, Academic Health Science Networks, and University College London Partners.
Source-Eurekalert