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>> Well, an Indiana mother is

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using TAC to tackle one of the

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states worth health status,

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the high rate of death among

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black mothers. Business of

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Health Reporter Kylie Veleta

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is here with more.

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>> Indiana's maternal

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mortality rate is among the 10

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highest nationally, and the

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rate for black women is 3 to 4

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times higher than white women.

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It was life-threatening

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birthing experiences led IU

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grad Arianne a McGee to leave

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her corporate job and launch a

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startup to help black mothers

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have healthy births. Led by

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three black women, Fort Wayne

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based Navigate Maternity is

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commercializing a remote

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patient monitoring system for

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black mothers and their care

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teams. Pregnant moms are sent

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with a cuff to monitor blood

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pressure and heart rate and

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scale to track weight, the

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vitals are sent to the

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provider in real time. The

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startup just inked a pilot for

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their product to be used

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across the river in Louisville

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after winning an innovation

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challenge their. McGee who is

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founder and CEO says it's

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important the product was

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created by women and there are

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very few women in the med tech

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space.

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>> Especially when you splice

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that and get down to black

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women in medtech, that number

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is abysmal and actually

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static. The fact that we are

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ringing a solution that is

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addressing health inequities

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within black and brown mothers

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is important, and impactful.

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But number to the fact that we

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are black women, so we reflect

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the patients that we want to

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serve, we are passionate

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because it is our sisters, it

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is our mothers, it is our

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daughters that are the ones

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that are dying, so I think

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that gives us a much different

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perspective.

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>> The tool also tracks moms

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mental health and social

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issues that affect outcomes.

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>> That's an amazing feat,

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just in and of itself, is that

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free to mothers?

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>> Yes, this is critical, the

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policies are in place for this

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to be covered by Medicaid, and

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in Indiana, 75% of the mothers

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who died had Medicaid coverage

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at the time of the death. So

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she is very excited that

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policies are in place for this

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to be covered, someone just

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needs to bring the technology

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so she says she is first to

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market with the technology. 's

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PEAK the benefits are obvious

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for the patient, the

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caregiver, the Doctor,

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>> This is an FDA cleared

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device, not just a wellness

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tool you can go to the store

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and buy, it is cleared by the

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FDA so doctors can use this to

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make clinical diagnostic

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decisions and also she has a

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partnership with EPIC, which

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is the biggest electronic

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medical record company, so it

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is in their workflow because

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she has that partnership with

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ethic it now into grace with

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the epic electronic medical

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system so she has that part

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two that they should work

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right into the doctors

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workflow.

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>> That's amazing how long has

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she been working on this?