Only half of US adults have blood pressure levels that are controlled to recommended levels. Home blood pressure monitoring has previously been shown to be a useful adjunct to team-based care for hypertension, and home BP readings can predict cardiovascular risk more accurately than office BP measurements. Recent studies have suggested that a combined approach […]
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Telemonitoring heart failure
Despite a decade of incremental advances in the treatment of heart failure, readmission rates remain persistently high at 50% at 6 months. Telemonitoring has been championed as a potential strategy to improve outcomes so that clinicians can intervene early if there is evidence of clinical deterioration. Small studies have suggested that this strategy works, and […]