The Rise of Virtual Prenatal and Postpartum Visits
Available On-demand Webinar Slides
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While some prenatal appointments must be conducted in person, many of the routine monitoring required during pregnancy can be done at home and self-reported to providers. This on-demand training explores these opportunities and demonstrates how telehealth creates the opportunity for postpartum care and support.
Presenters
Dr. Rachel Mandel, MD, MHA
Senior Advisor, Practice Transformation, Renaye James Healthcare Advisors
Dr. Rachel Mandel is a physician executive with over 30 years of clinical, executive and teaching experience.
In her career, Dr. Mandel has developed a passion for the successful alignment of administration and medical staff in order to adopt transformative changes in healthcare to include community health initiatives and total cost of care models. She is experienced in evaluating key dynamics and issues on both a healthcare system and service line level. She champions for wide-spread and meaningful improvements in clinician communication in order to positively impact patient experience and quality outcomes. Dr. Mandel is experienced in developing and coordinating effective teams that drive high reliability, performance improvement and efficiency.
Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, most recently Dr. Mandel worked within the Frederick Memorial Healthcare System, in Frederick, Maryland from 1998 through 2018, beginning as a Private Practitioner, and serving in various executive and physician leadership capacities, including Vice President of Medical Affairs. Her experience included forward thinking work in Community Health, Quality Improvement, Physician Alignment, Emergency Preparedness, Women’s Health, as well as Patient and Family Centered Care.
Dr. Mandel has demonstrated her commitment to community health and wellness through her many speaking engagements, outreach initiatives and volunteer support. She is on the Board of Trustees for the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce. She is active in the Key City Rotary Club, the Frederick County Suicide Prevention
Coalition, and a multitude of veteran affiliated organizations to include being elected to co-chair the nation’s first Woman Community Veterans Engagement Board.
She obtained her bachelor’s in science degree from Union College in NY, and her Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University Medical School through the military’s Health Professions Scholarship Program. She earned her master’s degree in health administration (MHA) from Mt. St. Mary’s University in 2013. After receiving her MHA, Dr. Mandel taught the Contemporary Health Policy course in the program. She currently teaches the medical unit of state certified Community Health Worker training program.
She is a Fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Mandel holds a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Yvonne S. Butler Tobah, MD, FACOG
Medical Director, Ambulatory Obstetrics, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Yvonne S. Butler Tobah, MD, FACOG, is an Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and Medical Director of Ambulatory Obstetrics. She has worked clinically as an Obstetrician at Mayo Clinic (Rochester) for the past 10 years (Ambulatory & Inpatient Care). Prior to joining Mayo Clinic, Dr. Butler Tobah was an Assistant Professor of OB/GYN at Baylor College of Medicine Global Women’s Health Program, where she spent two years living and working in Liberia (W. Africa). She was a fellow of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill, International Women’s Health and Clinical Epidemiology Program, based in Zambia and focused on maternal mortality. Dr. Butler Tobah graduated from the University of Michigan (BS) and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MD) and completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency training at Henry Ford Health System.
Dr. Butler Tobah’s experience in maternal health and research in Zambia and Liberia focused on reducing maternal morbidity and mortality by implementing protocols, simulation and improving trainees’ education to address the top three causes of maternal mortality. She serves as a member of the MN Department of Health Maternal Mortality Review Committee, in addition to her role on the State of MN Perinatal Sub-Committee. She currently serves on the Mayo Clinic Global Health Committee (Vietnam) and remains engaged in mentoring and training the next generation of maternal health leaders.
Dr. Butler Tobah’s research focuses on innovation and delivery of prenatal care. She led and participated in Mayo Clinic’s Obstetric Division efforts to redesign prenatal care, with a focus on evidence-driven care. She has published and disseminated multiple peer-reviewed publications, participated in local and national efforts (MN senator presentation, AHRQ, ACOG) and serves as the clinical lead in our outpatient telemedicine model for prenatal care. She is an active member of the Mayo Clinic Department of OB/GYN Innovation Research Committee and the Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG) Digital and Innovation Task Force.
This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,499,953 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.