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ArticleJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM2025

Implementation of Remote Patient Monitoring for Hypertension Management.

David R Boston, Rose Gunn, Shelby L Watkins, Rachel Gold, Suparna Navale, Laura Crocker, Carmit K McMullen

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Article in Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. The potential of artificial intelligence in clinical trials.European journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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7 authors.

David R BostonFrom the PeaceHealth Cardiovascular, Vancouver, WA, USA (DRB); OCHIN, Inc. Portland, OR, USA (RG, SLW, RG, SN, LC); Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA (CM).
Rose GunnFrom the PeaceHealth Cardiovascular, Vancouver, WA, USA (DRB); OCHIN, Inc. Portland, OR, USA (RG, SLW, RG, SN, LC); Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA (CM).
Shelby L WatkinsFrom the PeaceHealth Cardiovascular, Vancouver, WA, USA (DRB); OCHIN, Inc. Portland, OR, USA (RG, SLW, RG, SN, LC); Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA (CM).
Rachel GoldFrom the PeaceHealth Cardiovascular, Vancouver, WA, USA (DRB); OCHIN, Inc. Portland, OR, USA (RG, SLW, RG, SN, LC); Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA (CM).
Suparna NavaleFrom the PeaceHealth Cardiovascular, Vancouver, WA, USA (DRB); OCHIN, Inc. Portland, OR, USA (RG, SLW, RG, SN, LC); Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA (CM).
Laura CrockerFrom the PeaceHealth Cardiovascular, Vancouver, WA, USA (DRB); OCHIN, Inc. Portland, OR, USA (RG, SLW, RG, SN, LC); Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA (CM).
Carmit K McMullenFrom the PeaceHealth Cardiovascular, Vancouver, WA, USA (DRB); OCHIN, Inc. Portland, OR, USA (RG, SLW, RG, SN, LC); Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA (CM). Carmit.McMullen@kpchr.org).

Funding

Remote Patient Monitoring of Chronic Disease in Community Health Centers (REDUCE)R01NR020305 · NINR · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI MCMULLEN, CARMIT KURN · 2021 to 2023
$1.7M
NINR NIH HHS R01 NR020305
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionUncontrolled hypertension (blood pressure (BP) ≥130/80) is the most prevalent reversible risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) can be an effective way to improve BP control and was further incentivized by the COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated remote chronic disease management. We report on a natural experiment involving federal funding for virtual care expansion, which included home BP kits (BP cuffs, smartphones, cellular data) to facilitate RPM.

methodsWe performed a mixed methods analysis of 18 health centers that requested and received BP kits, assessing device distribution, patient use, and facilitators/barriers to RPM implementation. Electronic health record (EHR) data were investigated from 2020 to 2023. Qualitative data included semistructured interviews with health center staff, patients, and programmatic staff and field notes from observations of implementation meetings. Data were analyzed following a framework-informed thematic approach.

results10 of 18 health centers (56%) initiated RPM with ≥ 5 patients during the study period. A total of 1,748 patients had EHR orders to initiate RPM, of which 780 (45%) responded with

conclusionsSupplying free RPM hardware and cellular data plans in the absence of adequate support resources is insufficient to successfully augment care among hypertensive patients at community-based health centers.

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Blood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryHypertensionTelemedicineCOVID-19Electronic Health RecordsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRemote Patient MonitoringUnited StatesBlood PressureDisease ManagementElectronic Health RecordsHypertensionPatient MonitoringSmartphoneTelemedicine

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PMID41115755
PMCPMC12978578

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