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Patient and Health Professional Perceptions of Telemonitoring for Hypertension Management: Qualitative Study.
Baratta, Juliana; Brown-Johnson, Cati; Safaeinili, Nadia; Goldman Rosas, Lisa; Palaniappan, Latha; Winget, Marcy; Mahoney, Megan.
  • Baratta J; Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
  • Brown-Johnson C; Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
  • Safaeinili N; Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
  • Goldman Rosas L; Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
  • Palaniappan L; Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
  • Winget M; Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
  • Mahoney M; Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
JMIR Form Res ; 6(6): e32874, 2022 Jun 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1910860
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Hypertension is the most prevalent and important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, affecting nearly 50% of the US adult population; however, only 30% of these patients achieve controlled blood pressure (BP). Incorporating strategies into primary care that take into consideration individual patient needs, such as remote BP monitoring, may improve hypertension management.

OBJECTIVE:

From March 2018 to December 2018, Stanford implemented a precision health pilot called Humanwide, which aimed to leverage high-technology and high-touch medicine to tailor individualized care for conditions such as hypertension. We examined multi-stakeholder perceptions of hypertension management in Humanwide to evaluate the program's acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, and sustainability.

METHODS:

We conducted semistructured interviews with 16 patients and 15 health professionals to assess their experiences with hypertension management in Humanwide. We transcribed and analyzed the interviews using a hybrid approach of inductive and deductive analysis to identify common themes around hypertension management and consensus methods to ensure reliability and validity.

RESULTS:

A total of 63% (10/16) of the patients and 40% (6/15) of the health professionals mentioned hypertension in the context of Humanwide. These participants reported that remote BP monitoring improved motivation, BP control, and overall clinic efficiency. The health professionals discussed feasibility challenges, including the time needed to analyze BP data and provide individualized feedback, integration of BP data, technological difficulties with the BP cuff, and decreased patient use of remote BP monitoring over time.

CONCLUSIONS:

Remote BP monitoring for hypertension management in Humanwide was acceptable to patients and health professionals and appropriate for care. Important challenges need to be addressed to improve the feasibility and sustainability of this approach by leveraging team-based care, engaging patients to sustain remote BP monitoring, standardizing electronic medical record integration of BP measurements, and finding more user-friendly BP cuffs.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Language: English Journal: JMIR Form Res Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 32874

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Language: English Journal: JMIR Form Res Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 32874