The Telephone-Based Patient Outreach to Improve Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM) in Chronic Hypertension study is a pragmatic, randomized, open-label quality improvement implementation trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured telephone outreach intervention in increasing the proportion of patients with chronic hypertension who present to clinic visits with a completed home blood pressure log compared to the receipt of usual primary care services over a 90-day period. The study aims to address the inconsistent integration of HBPM-an evidence-based strategy endorsed by major guidelines to improve diagnostic accuracy and longitudinal management-into routine primary care workflows where no standardized educational or documentation process currently exists. Patients with documented chronic uncontrolled hypertension, defined as three documented readings exceeding 130/80 mmHg, are eligible for participation. Typically, patients at this academic primary care practice lack a standardized process for receiving education on home monitoring or a dedicated mechanism for documenting logs, which can lead to therapeutic inertia and missed opportunities to optimize treatment. The intervention is designed around a structured telephone outreach program led by medical students using a standardized script to provide direct patient education on the clinical value of HBPM and to encourage the completion and presentation of BP logs during subsequent primary care visits.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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HBPM Log Adherence
Timeframe: Adherence was measured at follow-up within a 90-day window of the intervention.