“It was the height of the pandemic, and I didn’t want to go back to the hospital and get exposed to Covid,” Williams explained. “As someone who has studied maternal health, I didn’t want to believe I was in danger of becoming a statistic myself. As I waited for treatment for hours in the hospital, I was fearful that I would not be able to recover and be there for my family.”

She continued, “In the aftermath, I had to physically keep going into the doctor’s office multiple times per week for blood pressure readings — and it didn’t make any sense as to why I couldn’t do that at home. I had no sense as to my overall health trends and whether I was getting better or worse. I didn’t understand why there was not a remote solution in place by my doctor’s office for patients in this kind of situation. It was then that I realized that technology could have saved so much time, money and stress.”

Courtney Williams

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