Reach out behavioral intervention for hypertension initiated in the emergency department connecting multiple health systems: study protocol for a randomized control trial

Authors

Joan Cowdery, Eastern Michigan University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Department/School

Health Promotion and Human Performance

Publication Title

Trials

Abstract

Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality in the United States. The Emergency Department represents an underutilized opportunity to impact difficult-to-reach populations. There are 136 million visits to the Emergency Department each year and nearly all have at least one blood pressure measured and recorded. Additionally, an increasing number of African Americans and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients are overrepresented in the Emergency Department patient population. In the age of electronic health records and mobile health, the Emergency Department has the potential to become an integral partner in chronic disease management. The electronic health records in conjunction with mobile health behavior interventions can be leveraged to identify hypertensive patients to impact otherwise unreached populations.

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Link to Published Version

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-04340-z

Recommended Citation

Meurer, W. J., Dinh, M., Kidwell, K. M., Flood, A., Champoux, E., Whitfield, C., Trimble, D., Cowdery, J., Borgialli, D., Montas, S., Cunningham, R., Buis, L. R., Brown, D., & Skolarus, L. (2020). Reach out behavioral intervention for hypertension initiated in the emergency department connecting multiple health systems: Study protocol for a randomized control trial. Trials, 21(1), 456. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04340-z