UF Health Researchers Develop App To Help Monitor New Moms for Postpartum Complications

Obstetricians know many new mothers won’t come in for a doctor’s visit in the first four to six weeks after giving birth, a crucial period when they are susceptible to postpartum complications like high blood pressure and depression.

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t made it any easier.

“The earlier we can communicate with women and check in with them to see if anything is going on, the better we can identify problems and intervene so that symptoms don’t become significant,” said Kay Roussos-Ross, M.D., an associate professor in the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of obstetrics and gynecology, part of UF Health, the university’s academic health center.    

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