A Stepped Wedged, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Support Tool in the Treatment of Uncontrolled Hypertension

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to study whether having a clinical decision support (CDS) tool available to clinician use will more effectively lower BP 4 weeks after an outpatient visit compared with usual care. The main objective is to assess the impact of the CDS tool, that is embedded with the electronic medical record (EMR), that is available during outpatient clinical encounters, on blood pressure (BP) changes among participants with uncontrolled hypertension. Participants will: Visit the clinic 4 weeks, after their initial clinician visit, for a BP check.

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Other
  Standard medical treatment

  Clinicians will use their own standard of care recommendations for combinations of medications.

• Other
  Clinical Decision Support Tool

  Clinical Decision Support Tool embedded into the Electronic Medical Record to help support clinicians to prescribe more effective combinations of medications

Location