NCT05186831

Patient-Portal vs Text-based Hypertension Monitoring Among Black Medicaid/Medicare Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uprooted conventional health care delivery for routine ambulatory care, requiring health systems to rapidly adopt telemedicine capabilities. The digital divide, has been well documented with lower rates of technology and broadband adoption among racial/ethnic minorities. Additionally, Black patients suffer a disproportionate burden of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. This study will implement a text-based home hypertension monitoring program among Black Medicaid patients with hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and compare its uptake to the currently available blood pressure monitoring program using the patient portal that is integrated into the electronic health record (EHR).

Conditions

• Hypertension
• Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Texting	Patients will be asked to text their BP. They will receive an automated response to their texts.
BEHAVIORAL	Online patient portal	Patients will be asked to upload their BP to the online patient portal. They will receive information on how to sign up and use the patient portal. Patients can upload their BP readings daily or at the end of the study period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-19
• Primary completion: 2020-12-29
• Completion: 2021-01-14
• First posted: 2022-01-11
• Last updated: 2022-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States