 HHS Selects Phase 1 Winners of Competition to Decrease Hypertension among Pregnant and Postpartum Women New initiative to identify programs that provide effective monitoring and follow-up care for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women's Health announced the 20 winners of Phase I of the HHS Hypertension Innovator Award Competition. The competition was created to identify effective, pre-existing programs that care for people with hypertension where the programs could be or are already applied to women with hypertension who are pregnant and/or postpartum. The goal of the competition is to demonstrate sustainability and the ability to replicate and/or expand programs that provide effective monitoring and follow-up of hypertension for women who are pregnant and/or postpartum. The 20 winners of Phase I of the HHS Hypertension Innovator Award Competition are listed below: - Baltimore Healthy Start – Baltimore, MD
- Boston Medical Center – Boston, MA
- Brigham and Women's Hospital – Boston, MA
- CommonSpirit Health – Chicago, IL
- Emagine Solutions Technology – Tucson, AZ
- Gateway YMCA – Elizabeth, NJ
- Healthcentric Advisors – Providence, RI
- Lehigh Valley Health Network – Allentown, PA
- New York City Health + Hospitals – Manhattan, NY
- Novant Health – Charlotte, NC
- Nurse-Family Partnership – Denver, Colorado
- Ochsner Health – New Orleans, LA
- Preeclampsia Foundation – Melbourne, FL
- University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
- University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
- University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
- University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI
- University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center – Houston, TX
- Valleywise (in collaboration with Creighton University) – Phoenix, AZ
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