Remote Postpartum Blood Pressure Monitoring and Cardiovascular Education to Reduce Emergency Department Visits, Re-admissions and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if patient education and regular text reminders are a feasible intervention to engage patients and reduce post partum hypertension. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is a structured postpartum remote blood pressure monitoring intervention with education and individualized medication initiation/adjustment follow-up by televisit feasible? Does a structured program reduce the occurrence of postpartum hypertension, ED visits, hospital readmissions, and adverse outcomes? Participants will: View an educational video on HDP post-delivery Receive 1-2 times daily text messages for 6 weeks postpartum Have their blood pressure medications adjusted to lower targets post partum

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

Female

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Other
  Video

  Those in the intervention arm will watch a short educational video.

• Other
  Text Reminder

  Those in the intervention group will receive regular text message reminders to check their blood pressures

• Other
  Blood pressure threshold

  Those in the intervention group will have a lower blood pressure threshold to titrate their BP medications towards

Location