Table B.
Examples of Telehealth Strategies and Technologies to Promote Effective Hypertension Management
| Telehealth strategies |
| • Automated BP data capture and transmission of the patient’s self-measured BP |
| • Self-management support, including education, reminders, and feedback that is automated or delivered by a healthcare professional |
| • Medication titration and follow-up monitoring protocols/algorithm |
| • Prescription refill reminders |
| • Medication adherence assessments |
| • Self-monitoring of lifestyle behaviors |
| • Integration of behavior change techniques, including in-person counseling or e-counseling |
| • Case/care/population health management |
| Commonly used telehealth technologies |
| • Wired “landline” telephone |
| • Wireless smartphone applications |
| • Website accessed via computers and handheld devices |
| • Text messaging |
| • Email messaging |
| • Social networking and social media websites/applications |
| • Wireless BP measurement devices |
| • Electronic pill dispensers/counters |
ABPM indicates ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; BP, blood pressure; CDU, care delivery unit; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; e-health, healthcare services provided electronically via the Internet; EHR, electronic health record; HBP, high blood pressure; HBPM, home blood pressure monitoring; m-health, practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices; RCTs, randomized controlled trials; SM, structural measure; and SBP, systolic blood pressure.
Reproduced with permission from Whelton et al.4 Copyright © 2018, American Heart Association, Inc., and American College of Cardiology Foundation.
BP indicates blood pressure.