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Remote Cardiovascular Hypertension Program Enhanced Blood Pressure Control During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

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Lee, Simin Gharib, Blood, Alexander J., Cannon, Christopher P., Gordon, William J., Nichols, Hunter, Zelle, David, Scirica, Benjamin M., Fisher, Naomi D. L.·2023·Journal of the American Heart Association

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Background: The COVID‐19 pandemic disrupted traditional health care; one fallout was a drastic decrease in blood pressure (BP) assessment. We analyzed the pandemic's impact on our existing remote hypertension management program's effectiveness and adaptability. Methods and Results: This retrospective observational analysis evaluated BP control in an entirely remote management program before and during the pandemic. A team of pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physicians, and nonlicensed navigators used an evidence‐based clinical algorithm to optimize hypertensive treatment. The algorithm was adapted during the pandemic to simplify BP control. Overall, 1256 patients (605 enrolled in the 6 months before the pandemic shutdown in March 2020 and 651 in the 6 months after) were a median age of 63 years old, 57% female, and 38.2% non‐White. Among enrolled patients with sustained hypertension, 51.1% reached BP goals. Within this group, rates of achieving goal BP improved to 94.6% during the pandemic from 75.8% prepandemic ( P <0.0001). Mean baseline home BP was 141.7/81.9 mm Hg during the pandemic and 139.8/82.2 prepandemic, and fell ≈16/9 mm Hg in both periods ( P <0.0001). Maintenance during the pandemic was achieved earlier (median 11.8 versus 19.6 weeks, P <0.0001), with more frequent monthly calls (8.2 versus 3.1, P <0.0001) and more monthly home BP recordings per patient (32.4 versus 18.9, P <0.0001), compared with the prepandemic period. Conclusions: A remote clinical management program was successfully adapted and delivered significant improvements in BP control and increased home BP monitoring despite a nationally observed disruption of traditional hypertension care. Such programs have the potential to transform hypertension management and care delivery.

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Authors
Lee, S. G., Blood, A. J., Cannon, C. P., Gordon, W. J., Nichols, H., Zelle, D., Scirica, B. M., & Fisher, N. D. L.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Department of Pharmacy Services Boston MA
Corresponding author
Fisher, Naomi D. L.
Venue
Journal of the American Heart Association
Published
2023-03-21
Volume
12
Issue
6
Pages
e027296-e027296
ISSN
2047-9980 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4324129289
Cited by
33
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 6
FWCI
8.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
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  • Journal of the American Heart Association (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007604)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Keywords
hypertension, blood pressure control, remote patient care, telemedicine, COVID-19 pandemic, home blood pressure monitoring, clinical algorithms, pharmacist-led care
MeSH terms
COVID-19, Blood Pressure, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory, Pandemics

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