Learning to Evaluate Blood Pressure at Home (LEANBH)

COVID-19 has highlighted important deficiencies in our health service where front line staff and pregnant women are being exposed to SARS-Cov-2 through assessments that could be conducted using Connected Health solutions, reducing risks of contracting or disseminating SARS-Cov-2. Currently, pregnant women are not attending GPs or hospitals for BP monitoring for fear of contracting SARS-Cov-2. Uncontrolled or unmonitored hypertension in pregnancy is associated with maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study is to use home BP monitoring as an adjunct to standard care for women with borderline/suspected hypertension in pregnancy. To reduce the exposure risk for staff and pregnant women, we propose the immediate implementation of ambulatory automated self BP monitoring using the LEANBH platform- an existing integrated platform to monitor pregnant women.