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Postpartum Hypertension Monitoring
By: Alex Zoellick, Aley Becker, Rachel Minehan, Jacky Tian, and Lucas Ratajczyk
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Problem
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Hypertension is a leading cause of death postpartum
- 9%–26% of global maternal mortality
- Can present postpartum first time
- 32-44% of all preeclampsia occurs postpartum
- Accounts for a majority of hospital readmission after
giving birth
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Background
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How Hypertension is Categorized?
- Elevated Blood Pressure
- Excess proteins in urine
- Postpartum Hypertension between 48 hours-6 weeks
- Symptoms minimal: can include nausea, headache,
shortness of breath, abdominal pain.
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Big Picture
- Eliminate readmission
- Track vital signs
- Communication between practitioners and patients
- User friendly
RACHEL MINEHAN
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Currently Meriter Hospital utilizes a package for postpartum monitoring through Honeywell, a major technology company
- However, a survey of patients and nurses found this
system left much desired.
Rachel Minehan
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Design
LUCAS
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The features suggested by our client and generated by the team were evaluated based on the following criteria:
- (20) HIPAA Regulation and Compliance
- (20) Accuracy and Precision
- (20) User Friendliness
- (10) Data Entry: App to Hospital
- (10) Data Entry: Monitor to App
LUCAS
- (10) Feasibility (Time and
Skill)
- (5) Aesthetics
- (3) Safety
- (2) Cost
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Our team selected features deemed most feasible and necessary for
- verall success this semester.
- Bluetooth Enabled for device connection and data input
- Secure data transfer to physicians and nurses
- Freedom to navigate
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Interface
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Hardware Block Diagram
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Software Block Diagram
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Future Work - Short Term Goals
- Alert patients to remind them to take their measurements
- Prompting user to enter vitals in physician-desired order
(BP then weight)
- Include a short survey to assess patient status after taking
measurements
- Connecting users to specific physicians they choose in an
easy way
Fancy J
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Future Work - Long Term Goals
- Data upload to Epic databases.
- Include an area for live chat between
users and physicians (separate from video appointments)
- Utilize Fuze
- Test for data upload speed and data
accuracy
- Allow user to change app background
(color or image)
Fancy J
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Acknowledgements
Our team would like to thank Professor Tompkins for his continued guidance and insight throughout the project and
- Dr. Hoppe for providing us the opportunity to work on this
project.
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References
Postpartum Preeclampsia. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/postpartum-preeclampsia/basics/definition/con-2003 5395.
- ACOG. Hypertension in Pregnancy: Report of the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2013;122(5):1122-1131.
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