Addressing Pregnancy Care Deserts

The problem

Too Many Pregnant Women Are Too Far From Care

Across the United States, access to pregnancy care is becoming harder, not easier. More than one-third of U.S. counties are classified as maternity care deserts—areas with no birthing facility or obstetric clinician—and roughly 1 in 10 birthing people live in counties without full access to maternity care. Rural communities are hit especially hard, with nearly two-thirds of maternity care deserts located in rural areas.

For expectant mothers, that can mean long drives for routine monitoring, delays in care, more missed appointments, greater stress, and fewer opportunities to identify complications early. When pregnancy care depends on geography, the burden falls most heavily on women in underserved communities.

The solution

INVU™ Remote Pregnancy Monitoring That Meets Women Where They Are

INVU™ is designed to help close that gap.

INVU™ is the first and only FDA-cleared wearable platform for remote pregnancy monitoring, enabling clinicians to monitor maternal and fetal wellbeing outside the clinic. It brings key pregnancy monitoring capabilities into the home, allowing healthcare providers to extend care beyond the walls of hospitals and offices.

With INVU™, providers can support remote monitoring workflows that help reduce unnecessary travel, improve convenience for patients, and expand access to essential testing in communities where maternity care infrastructure is limited.

Expands access without expanding geography

Women do not have to live near a hospital or specialty clinic to receive meaningful pregnancy monitoring. INVU™ enables care teams to reach patients in rural, underserved, and hard-to-access areas.

Reduces the burden of travel

For many patients, especially those balancing work, childcare, or transportation limitations, repeated in-person visits create real barriers. INVU™ helps bring appropriate monitoring closer to home.

Supports earlier and more frequent insight

Instead of relying only on occasional office visits, clinicians can gain access to more timely data during pregnancy, supporting faster intervention when needed.

Improves the patient experience

Pregnancy care should feel supportive, not disruptive. INVU™ offers a more comfortable, convenient care pathway for expectant mothers while helping providers maintain clinical oversight.

Enables scalable care models

As health systems, payers, and public programs look for ways to improve maternal outcomes and manage costs, INVU™ supports a more scalable model for prenatal care delivery.