Using Bluetooth Home Blood Pressure Monitors With Pharmacist Interventions

University of South Florida9 enrolled

Overview

Family Medicine patients with uncontrolled hypertension will be given a Bluetooth enabled home blood pressure machine to monitor their blood pressure every day for 6 weeks. The blood pressure results will be sent automatically to the patient's electronic medical record via applications on their iPhone. Study pharmacists will follow-up with the patients once per week via a telehealth appointment using the app VSee, where the blood pressure results will be reviewed. The pharmacists will also counsel the patients on lifestyle modifications in order to improve blood pressure.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

Telehealth Follow-up VisitsBEHAVIORAL

• Follow-up with patients once per week for six (6) weeks via scheduled 20-minute telehealth appointment with each patient via the HIPAA secure and compliant platform, VSee o During this telehealth appointment, the study pharmacists will counsel the patients on their blood pressure readings for that week and provide lifestyle education focusing on patient-specific diet and exercise recommendations

SurveysBEHAVIORAL

A pre- and post-survey will be given at the initial and final in-person appointments, respectively • These surveys will collect basic patient demographics, knowledge of blood pressure, comfort with checking blood pressure at home, and previous experience working with a pharmacist

DevicesDEVICE

Smart Phones with Apple Health Software will be used to monitor blood pressure once a day, and results will be sent automatically to the patients EHR (Epic) • The Omron 10 Series Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Device will be given to the patient to monitor blood pressure at home daily

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * must be at least 18 years old * have a smartphone compatible with the mobile intervention (iPhone) * have been previously diagnosed with hypertension * have uncontrolled hypertension (SBP \> 130 mmHg and/or DBP \> 80 mmHg) * be under the care of a primary care physician in the Family Medicine Department of the USF Morsani Center for Advanced Care * have had at least one prescription filled at Pharmacy Plus within the last six months * speaks English fluently Exclusion Criteria: * already under the care of a clinical pharmacist in the Family Medicine department * pregnant * have a serious existing medical condition(s) that may affect their ability to self-monitor their blood pressure (for example, stroke, dementia)

Locations (1)

USF Pharmacy Plus

Tampa, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Comfort

Patient comfort in using home telemonitoring for blood pressure combined with pharmacist counseling and monitoring will be measured using a survey instrument with a Likert scale (4-point scale). (Most of the time; Some of the time; Seldom; Never) (Strongly agree; Agree; Disagree; Strongly disagree) (Nothing; Very little; Some; Knowledgeable)

Time frame: 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Determine if pharmacists' interventions improved BP

BP readings were reported and evaluated to discover if these were improved with pharmacists' interventions.

Time frame: 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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