ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2018
The Emerging Role of Mobile-Health Applications in the Management of Hypertension.
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- Content Analysis of Brazilian Mobile Applications Targeting Blood Pressure Management: A Systematic Search.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2025Pooled it
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- Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology on Telemedicine in Cardiology - 2019.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2019Guideline
- Patients and Professionals as Partners in Hypertension Care: Qualitative Substudy of a Randomized Controlled Trial Using an Interactive Web-Based System Via Mobile Phone.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Effect of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring via a Smartphone Hypertension Coaching Application or Tracking Application on Adults With Uncontrolled Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2020Trial
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- Identifying and Evaluating Mobile and Web Apps for Patients to Manage Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Systematic Search in App Stores and Content Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of mobile health technology-enabled interventions to improve management and control of hypertension and diabetes in India- a systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Review
- Insights Into How mHealth Applications Could Be Introduced Into Standard Hypertension Care in Germany: Qualitative Study With German Cardiologists and General Practitioners.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Empowering WHISE women: usability testing of a mobile application to enhance blood pressure control.mHealth · 2024Article
- Expectation of clinical decision support systems: a survey study among nephrologist end-users.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
- Status of Hypertension Control in Urban Slums of Central India: A community Health Worker-Based Two-Year Follow-Up.Advanced biomedical research · 2023Article
- Telehealth Use to Address Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2011-2021.Telemedicine reports · 2023Review
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- Exploring Saudi Individuals' Perspectives and Needs to Design a Hypertension Management Mobile Technology Solution: Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Mobile Phone App Use Among Pregnant Women in China and Associations Between App Use and Perinatal Outcomes: Retrospective Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Clinician Decisions After Notification of Elevated Blood Pressure Measurements From Patients in a Remote Monitoring Program.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Race/Ethnic Differences in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Patients With Hypertension: Analysis From 143 Primary Care Clinics.American journal of hypertension · 2021Article
- Wireless Home Blood Pressure Monitoring System With Automatic Outcome-Based Feedback and Financial Incentives to Improve Blood Pressure in People With Hypertension: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewMobile-health technology, frequently referred to as m-health, encompasses smartphone, tablet, or personal computer use in the management of chronic disease. There has been a rise in the number of commercially available smartphone applications and website-based platforms which claim to help patients manage hypertension. Very little research has been performed confirming whether or not use of these applications results in improved blood pressure (BP) outcomes. In this paper, we review existing literature on m-health systems and how m-health can affect hypertension management. RECENT
findingsM-health systems help patients manage hypertension in the following ways: (1) setting alarms and reminders for patients to take their medications, (2) linking patients' BP reports to their electronic medical record for their physicians to review, (3) providing feedback to patients about their BP trends, and (4) functioning as point-of-care BP sensors. M-health applications with alarms and reminders can increase medication compliance while applications that share ambulatory BP data with patients' physicians can foster improved patient-physician dialog. However, the most influential tool for achieving positive BP outcomes appears to be patient-directed feedback about BP trends. A large number of commercially available m-health applications may facilitate self-management of hypertension by enhancing medication adherence, maintaining a log of blood pressure measurements, and facilitating physician-patient communication. A small number of applications function as BP sensors, thereby transforming the smartphone into a medical device. Such BP sensors often generate unreliable recordings. Patients must be cautioned regarding the use of smartphones for BP measurement at least until these applications have been more extensively validated.
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