Medical insurance firm MotivHealth introduced it’s partnering with Utah-based telehealth firm AZOVA to supply its members with Beginning Doula Help Memberships.
AZOVA is a digital well being platform that provides companies in major care, pediatrics, behavioral well being, ladies’s well being, dermatology, males’s well being, vaccinations and testing companies.
Concerning its ladies’s well being companies, the corporate companions with numerous healthcare specialists and, via its partnership with MotivHealth, will join the well being insurer’s sufferers with doulas as a part of their membership.
“We’re thrilled to associate with MotivHealth in bringing this distinctive program to life. By leveraging know-how to attach moms with skilled doulas, we purpose to empower ladies all through their birthing journey,” Dr. Cheryl Lee Eberting, CEO and founding father of AZOVA Well being, mentioned in a press release.
THE LARGER TREND
In a study printed in Cureus, doula steerage was proven to mitigate well being disparities and was related to optimistic supply outcomes, comparable to decreased untimely deliveries, cesarean sections, and brief labor lengths. Doula help was additionally proven to enhance breastfeeding success in low-income ladies.
Different tech-enabled corporations targeted on maternal well being embody meals supply firm FarmboxRx, which launched a Maternal Well being Program to supply entry to meals and diet schooling to at-risk pregnant ladies throughout and after being pregnant, and Mae Health, a digital well being platform that provides being pregnant and postpartum help for Black expectant moms.
