Clinician Questions, Answered

Built for pregnancy:

• Thresholds come from you. Until she enters them, Connura uses ACOG's definitions as defaults (140/90 and 160/110). She updates them whenever you change them
• Readings are labelled by week of pregnancy, and tracking continues after delivery

Clinical partnership model:

• You set her thresholds and her action plan.
• She shares a structured PDF report, not a raw data stream.
• It supports your decision-making rather than bypassing it.

Evidence-cited:

• Our evidence summary draws on randomized trials and systematic reviews of home BP monitoring in pregnancy and after delivery (For Clinicians). No trial has tested Connura itself.
• Uses ACOG definitions of hypertension in pregnancy.

General BP apps treat pregnancy as another demographic. Connura is built to help pregnant and postpartum patients track their blood pressure and share it with you.

Yes — Connura is designed to reinforce your clinical decisions, not replace them.

She tracks her BP on her own monitor against the thresholds you set, with a step-by-step measurement guide in the app.

She can share a PDF report with you at appointments or through your patient portal, giving you consistent trend data to inform your judgment.

Connura doesn't diagnose or recommend treatment. It labels each reading against your thresholds and points her back to your plan.

Connura has reminders she can set to measure on a regular schedule, so the readings you review are more consistent.

Connura is designed not to add a new workflow. You remain the clinical decision-maker, reviewing the report she brings, much as you would a paper log.

Connura doesn't send alerts or data to your practice. Reviewing her report is still part of your clinical work.

Follow standard BP monitoring protocols:

1. Verify the at-home BP monitor is pregnancy-validated (not all devices are)
2. Have your patient bring her BP monitor to the office to check the monitor model and cuff fit
3. Observe technique — positioning and cuff placement errors are common
4. Compare home readings to your clinic readings over several appointments
5. Home and clinic readings can differ in either direction, and the difference isn't consistent enough to apply a fixed offset

Connura includes a step-by-step measurement guide, but you decide how to interpret her readings based on your assessment.

Connura includes a step-by-step guide to measuring at home: rest, positioning, timing and repeat readings.

However, initial training from you or your staff remains essential. Have your patient demonstrate technique at the first visit, bring her at-home BP monitor for calibration, and review her Connura PDF reports to spot obvious technique issues.

Training matters: in one study of pregnant women in Ghana, 12.1% performed every measurement step correctly before training and 96.6% after (Lawrence 2023, PubMed 37645652).

That's your clinical judgment.

In large trials of higher-risk pregnancies, structured home BP monitoring showed no clear difference in the outcomes measured. After delivery, it substantially increases the share of patients with an early BP check, and one trial with clinician-guided medication changes found better BP control months later.

Populations studied include higher-risk pregnancies, patients with chronic or gestational hypertension, and postpartum patients with hypertensive disorders.

Warning signs still come first. Some signs mean call your care team the same day, no matter the number: a reading at or above 160/110, a headache that won't go away, vision changes, pain in the upper belly under the ribs, sudden swelling in the face or hands, or sudden nausea or trouble breathing.

Consider it an optional tool, not a requirement for all patients.

Not at this time.

Patients share PDF reports with you directly via appointment, patient portal, or email. This keeps implementation simple and avoids workflow disruption while you evaluate whether home BP monitoring benefits your patient population.

EMR integration and provider-facing dashboards are planned for future releases, once patient adoption is established.

Until she enters your numbers, Connura uses ACOG's definitions as defaults: 140/90 for hypertension and 160/110 for the severe range. Her severe threshold can be lowered but not set above 160/110.

For an elevated, high or severe reading, Connura opens a short guide that points her back to the plan you discussed and offers a recheck. For a severe reading, it also offers one tap to call your office and tells her to contact local emergency services if she feels unsafe.

Connura doesn't contact your practice.

NOTE — you decide her high and severe thresholds. She enters them in the app's settings and updates them whenever you change them.

Connura is designed to support the plan you set, not replace it. The action text in the app is generic; it does not store or apply your protocol.