Using simple telehealth in primary care to reduce blood pressure: A service evaluation

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Cottrell, Elizabeth ^a   Chambers, Ruth ^b   O'Connell, Phil ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STAGING; TELEHEALTH; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871004680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001391     Document Type: Article

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