E1 · Maternal and child
Postpartum blood-pressure checks, coordinated from the hospital
Coordinate day 3–5 and day 7–10 postpartum home visits for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, with blood pressure, mood screening and clear escalation.
Mission template E1 · Postpartum blood-pressure check
On scene- Received09:12
Referral raised by hospital cm, Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, postpartum discharge.
- Scheduled10:04
A program covering the address accepts inside the window: Day 3–5 and day 7–10.
- En route13:06
Crew departs; the patient receives an arrival window by SMS.
- On scene14:11
Blood pressure; Symptoms; Medication adherence.
- Completed14:40
Outcome fields recorded (Blood pressure; EPDS score); referrer notified.
Why this program
Severe postpartum hypertension peaks in the days after discharge, when a new mother in a rural county is least able to travel back to an obstetric unit.
Two short home visits with a cuff, a mood screen and a defined escalation threshold catch the pressures that would otherwise present as an emergency.
The template is fixed so every referral arrives the same way: a defined trigger, a defined window, a defined skill set, and a defined set of outcome fields. That is what makes the work reportable later without asking crews to write anything twice.
Mission template E1
Postpartum blood-pressure check · sponsor persona: Hospital CM · window: Day 3–5 and day 7–10 · single mission · tele-MD optional
Trigger and window
Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, postpartum discharge
Window: Day 3–5 and day 7–10
Skills required: CP, RN
Steps
- Blood pressure
- Symptoms
- Medication adherence
- Mood screen (EPDS)
- Infant check
Outcome fields
- Blood pressure
- EPDS score
- Referrals
Escalation and child orders
BP ≥160/110 or symptoms → obstetrics or ED
Child orders: Mobility to obstetrics, Blood pressure cuff. Logistics requests are raised on VectorCare and tracked against the same mission.
What the sponsor sees
The obstetric service sees the readings, the mood screen result and any escalation, without waiting for a clinic visit.
Status moves through received, scheduled, active, and completed, escalated or aborted. Exception statuses notify the referrer rather than waiting to be discovered at the end of the week.
What the program does
The program visits twice inside the window and records blood pressure, EPDS score and referrals made.
Programs choose which templates they accept, and set their own coverage area and capacity. Nothing is auto-assigned.
What you can measure
- Share of hypertensive postpartum discharges visited inside day 5
- Readings above the escalation threshold and what followed
- Positive mood screens referred
- Postpartum ED visits and readmissions for the cohort
Figures shown elsewhere on this site are illustrative unless a source is given. Your reporting reflects your own missions.
Rural Health Transformation
This template maps to CMS strategic goals 1 and 4. Missions, outcome fields and county-level coverage export for state reporting.
DispatchCare is a technology vendor. It does not administer Rural Health Transformation funds.
Questions buyers ask
Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, postpartum discharge. DispatchCare does not receive 911 calls; emergency requests stay in the dispatch system.
Related mission templates
See a mission go from the chart to the home and back.
A 30-minute walkthrough with a coordinator view, a CP program view and the dashboard your sponsor will read.