Alex Gardner for Penn Medicine News: “‘Our previous work showed that Heart Safe Motherhood made important blood pressure monitoring easier and eliminated racial disparities in obtaining blood pressures in the two weeks after giving birth,’ said study author Adi Hirshberg, MD, director of Obstetrical Services at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, who along with, senior author of this study, Sindhu Srinivas, MD, a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn, developed Heart Safe Motherhood. ‘What this study really solidified is that the benefits continue long-term. Close but remote tracking of blood pressure during this short yet pivotal time led to healthier moms months later.'”
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