(Des Moines) — UnityPoint Health will receive half a million dollars in federal rural health funding over two years to strengthen telehealth options for maternity care.
It will train sonographers to perform high-risk scans on pregnant women, then specialists will issue recommendations.
Savanah McDermott, with perinatal services at UnityPoint’s Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, says this will help rural Iowans avoid having to travel to get care, as more expectant women face health challenges…