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IMPACT: Improving Maternal Postpartum Access to Care Through Telemedicine

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 1 year
  • Procedures mentioned: Phone or video check-ins

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "The "push" approach using notifications directly contrasts with the "pull" approach using telehealth visits."
  • "Women will be followed for one year postpartum."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study compares two care programs after childbirth, including care from a distance through telemedicine. It is for women with lower incomes who have limited access to care. The goal is to reduce serious health problems and deaths after childbirth.

The purpose of this study is to compare two complex, multi-component evidence-based postpartum interventions in underserved populations of lower socioeconomic status in an effort to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Women age 18 or older who have given birth to a baby born alive at Parkland Hospital or Grady Health.
  • Receive care after childbirth at the community clinics chosen for the study.
  • Can give informed consent, meaning they understand the study and agree to join.

Who can't join

  • Did not give birth at Parkland Hospital or Grady Health and will not receive care after childbirth at the chosen Parkland community clinics.
  • Main language is not English or Spanish.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Postpartum women who deliver a live born infant at Parkland Hospital or Grady Health and receive postpartum care at dedicated community clinics. * Due to the nature of the study, all will be women, and all will be postpartum, thus of reproductive age. Postpartum women 18 years of age and older will be considered for inclusion if informed consent can be obtained. Exclusion Criteria: * Postpartum women who do not deliver at Parkland Hospital or Grady Health will not receive postpartum care in the pre-specified community clinics for Parkland health systems. * Patients with a primary language other than English or Spanish.

Study sites (2)

GA

TX