Design and rationale for Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Case Management to Control Hypertension (HyperLink): A cluster randomized trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 794-803

  Margolis, Karen L ^a   Kerby, Tessa J ^b   Asche, Stephen E ^a   Bergdall, Anna R ^a   Maciosek, Michael V ^a   O'Connor, Patrick J ^a   Sperl Hillen, JoAnn M ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Pharmacist; Randomized trial; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; CLONIDINE; DILTIAZEM; DOXAZOSIN; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; RESERPINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRIAMTERENE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE MANAGER; DISEASE CONTROL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TELEMONITORING; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861529291     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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