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Context: Treating hypertension decreases mortality and disability from cardiovascular disease, but most hypertension remains inadequately controlled.
Objective: To determine if a new model of care that uses patient Web services, home blood pressure (BP) monitoring, and pharmacist-assisted care improves BP control.
Design, Setting, and Participants: A 3-group randomized controlled trial, the Electronic Communications and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring study was based on the Chronic Care Model. The trial was conducted at an integrated group practice in Washington state, enrolling 778 participants aged 25 to 75 years with uncontrolled essential hypertension and Internet access. Care was delivered over a secure patient Web site from June 2005 to December 2007.
Interventions: Participants were randomly assigned to usual care, home BP monitoring and secure patient Web site training only, or home BP monitoring and secure patient Web site training plus pharmacist care management delivered through Web communications.
Conclusion: Pharmacist care management delivered through secure patient Web communications improved BP control in patients with hypertension.
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Beverly B. Green; Andrea J. Cook; James D. Ralston; Paul A. Fishman; Sheryl L. Catz; James Carlson; David Carrell; Lynda Tyll; Eric B. Larson; Robert S. Thompson, JAMA 2008;299(24):2857-2867
Tagged: digital homecare, hypertension, monitoring and web
; posted on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 9:25 am
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“Whether patients with an electronic handle on their health are more successful at beating one of the nation’s leading chronic diseases is under study.
The study, funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will give hundreds of patients with hypertension an electronic personal health record that enables them to post their blood pressure, weight, even what they eat in their medical record and e-mail their physicians when needed.”
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Medical News Today, 7 February 2008
Tagged: hypertension and phr
; posted on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
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“The Visiting Nurses Association of Western New York has announced a plan to use telemonitoring technology to help care for chronically ill patients and prevent re-hospitalizations.
The VNA has selected Cardiocom Multi-Disease Management’s Commander Home Telemonitoring System, an interactive home monitoring device for diseases such as CHF, diabetes, COPD, asthma and hypertension.”
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News, 22 January 2008
Tagged: asthma, chronic care, diabetes, hypertension, monitoring and telemedicine
; posted on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
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“The American Society of Hypertension, or ASH, is poised to roll out a physician collaboration portal that makes it possible for physicians to share patient information. ASH expects the new portal will help grow its National Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Registry.”
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 14 January 2008
Tagged: hypertension and portal
; posted on Monday, January 14th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
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“The encouraging results of this study provide a strong rationale for a long-term, randomized, clinical trial to determine whether this home BP tele-management system improves BP control in the community among patients with uncontrolled hypertension.”
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Alexander G. Logan, Warren J. McIsaac, Andras Tisler, M. Jane Irvine, Allison Saunders, Andrea Dunai, Carlos A. Rizo, Denice S. Feig, Melinda Hamill, Mathieu Trudel, Joseph A. Cafazzo, American Journal of Hypertension, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2007, Pages 942-948
Tagged: cellphone, hypertension and monitoring
; posted on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 at 6:58 pm
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