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Healthy expectant mothers may be able to cut down on unnecessary in-person doctor’s appointments thanks to innovations in digital technology and home health monitoring. Modeled after the Apple Store’s Genius Bar, a new initiative called Connected Maternity Online Monitoring, or “MOM,” provides mothers-to-be with a set of devices from the hospital’s “O Bar.” After patients take their readings remotely, the devices send information directly into the hospital’s medical record system for doctors to review. On a broader scale, the Connected MOM program represents the future of patient care, which is increasingly moving toward more remote monitoring.

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