REmote Blood Pressure Monitoring and Pharmacist-Led Telehealth Program in an Emergency Department Transitional Care Clinic
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Summary
The overall goal of this project is to determine if measuring blood pressure at home and staying in contact with a team of pharmacists and physicians to manage your blood pressure is useful. The study will enroll 400 participants who are seen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Emergency Department - Transitional Care Clinic and Tampa General Hospital -Transitional Care Clinic. Half of the participants (200 patients) will be asked to measure their blood pressure at home, and half of the participants (200 patients) will continue to receive usual care. Participants who measure their blood pressure at home will also meet with a pharmacist weekly over the phone to discuss blood pressure readings and have blood pressure medications prescribed if needed. This program will last 6 months.
Description
For all participants: 1. Participants will receive information on the importance of measuring blood pressure and ways to improve blood pressure. 2. Participants will complete questionnaires describing current socioeconomic position, medical history and healthcare needs. 3. Participants will come in for three research clinic visits to get blood pressure measured 3 months after enrollment in this study, and 6 months after enrollment in this study. For participants asked to measure blood pressure at home: 1. Measure blood pressure twice a day at home, following the instructions provided. The s…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Ability to speak English * Seen at UAB's or TGH's Emergency Department-Transitional Care Clinic * Blood pressure at Emergency Department-Transitional Care Clinic: Systolic BP ≥ 130 mmHg or Diastolic BP ≥ 80 mmHg * Have a cellphone with video capability Exclusion Criteria: * Systolic BP ≥ 160 mmHg or Diastolic BP ≥ 100 mmHg (i.e. severe range hypertension (HTN) by the 2025 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association BP guidelines) as they typically are referred to immediate treatment intensification. Since the prevalence of severe HTN is lo…
Interventions
- OtherRemote Blood Pressure Monitoring + Telehealth
Participants will undergo remote blood pressure monitoring and pharmacist led telehealth intervention for blood pressure management
- OtherUsual Care
Participants receive usual care, no intervention.
Location
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama