Bringing an infant home for the first time can be an extremely stressful time for new moms. Car seats, crib safety and child proofing your home can really take a lot out of new parents. Now add on top of that the potential stresses that mothers face with breastfeeding. All of this is a combination that leads many new mothers down at path to rely on formula. 

I'm Brian Lee, one of the content creators for the south central Telehealth resource center and  the UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation. Welcome to Telehealth Talk.

I was able to have a conversation with Dr. Sarah Rhoads Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Hannah McCoy Research Associate for the former UAMS Center for Distance Health, it’s now called the UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation. Dr. Rhoads and Hannah are a part of a team who’s Telelaction study aimed to utilize technology to aid in breastfeeding education.

Episode 24 - "Telelactation Study"

In the current times that we live in health care professionals are looking for ways to provide safe, quality care from a distance. Telehealth and Digital health are proving to be the perfect tools during this COVID-19 pandemic. In today’s episode, we are joined with Dr. Amit Sachdev and Dr. Curtis Lowery.

Dr. Sachdev is a physician most recently at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and he is currently working on the COVID response. 
Dr. Curtis Lowery is the director of the UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation. He also serves as a professor for the UAMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

This episode is in two parts and it serves as an introduction to telehealth and digital health amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Episode 27 - "Telehealth/Digital Health FAQ"

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