Using Bluetooth Home Blood Pressure Monitors With Pharmacist Interventions

Using Bluetooth Home Blood Pressure Monitors With Pharmacist Interventions to Manage Uncontrolled Hypertension in the Community Setting - A Pilot Study

Family Medicine patients with uncontrolled hypertension will be given a Bluetooth enabled home blood pressure machine to monitor their blood pressure every day for 6 weeks. The blood pressure results will be sent automatically to the patient's electronic medical record via applications on their iPhone. Study pharmacists will follow-up with the patients once per week via a telehealth appointment using the app VSee, where the blood pressure results will be reviewed. The pharmacists will also counsel the patients on lifestyle modifications in order to improve blood pressure.

Inclusion Criteria:

• must be at least 18 years old
• have a smartphone compatible with the mobile intervention (iPhone)
• have been previously diagnosed with hypertension
• have uncontrolled hypertension (SBP > 130 mmHg and/or DBP > 80 mmHg)
• be under the care of a primary care physician in the Family Medicine Department of the USF Morsani Center for Advanced Care
• have had at least one prescription filled at Pharmacy Plus within the last six months
• speaks English fluently

Exclusion Criteria:

• already under the care of a clinical pharmacist in the Family Medicine department
• pregnant
• have a serious existing medical condition(s) that may affect their ability to self-monitor their blood pressure (for example, stroke, dementia)