Objectives: Hypertension is a modifiable risk factor for numerous comorbidities and treating hypertension can greatly improve health outcomes. We sought to increase the efficiency of a virtual hypertension management program through workflow automation processes.

Methods: We developed a customer relationship management (CRM) solution at our institution for the purpose of improving processes and workflow for a virtual hypertension management program and describe here the development, implementation, and initial experience of this CRM system.
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Question Does an entirely remote hypertension and hypercholesterolemia program implemented across a large diverse health network help ensure equal access to care?

Findings In this cohort study including 10 803 patients with blood pressure and/or cholesterol levels above guideline-recommended targets, remote medication titration management was significantly associated with decreased blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol compared with education only. Similar rates of enrollment and reductions in blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were observed across different racial, ethnic, and primary language groups.

Meaning These results highlight that multiple diverse populations may be treated effectively with digitally enabled remote care programs.

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The COVID‐19 pandemic disrupted traditional health care; one fallout was a drastic decrease in blood pressure (BP) assessment. We analyzed the pandemic’s impact on our existing remote hypertension management program’s effectiveness and adaptability.
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Carematix, a leading innovator in remote patient monitoring (RPM) healthcare technology is proud to announce its new patented Cellular Weight Scale. This state-of-the-art and easy-to-use device is designed to transform health monitoring by tracking daily weight measurements and weight asymmetry, offering unmatched accuracy and convenience for both patients and healthcare providers.
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Carematix, a leading innovator in remote patient monitoring (RPM) healthcare technology announced the launch of the world’s first connected blinded blood pressure monitor and scale specifically designed for use in blinded clinical trials. This innovative solution addresses the unique challenges of clinical research by ensuring data integrity, enabling early intervention, and preserving blinding for both the trial participants and the investigators.
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Carematix’s Cellular Weight Scale (CWS) will aid in the development of patient care plans for a variety of conditions.

has unveiled its Cellular Weight Scale, a new remote patient monitoring (RPM) weight scale that tracks and shares patient weight measurements with healthcare professionals in real time.
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Innovaccer Inc., a leading healthcare technology company, recently announced its partnership with healthcare IoT devices company, Carematix to integrate remote patient monitoring (RPM) capabilities on the Innovaccer Health Cloud. The partnership will enable…
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Blipcare, the company that developed the world’s first Wi-Fi blood pressure monitor, today announced the availability of its new cellular blood pressure monitor, the Blip BP 800. The Blip BP800 is specifically designed to serve patients who need Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). It requires neither setup nor cables to the plugin. The monitor is the only product of its kind on the market that supports multiple users…
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Background: To date, no investigators have examined electronically recorded self-weighing behavior beyond 9 months or the underlying mechanisms of how self-weighing might impact weight change. Objective: Our aims were to examine electronically recorded self-weighing behavior in a weight-loss…
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A three-month experiment in Canada with bimonthly text messages, a Web portal, and home-based medical devices produced an average weight decrease of 3.5 pounds and a mean reduction in hemoglobin A1c levels from 7.41 to 6.77 percent in Type 2 diabetics. Mobile and social technology make patients feel empowered in caring for their diabetes, leading to tangible health improvements in just a few weeks as well as a heightened sense of control, according to…
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According to a statement in Health Data Management, Ochsner Health System in New Orleans developed a program utilizing a Carematix Blipcare wireless weight scale for remote patient monitoring to cut readmissions of heart failure patients by 40 percent. The program began in Feb. 2014, when Ochsner sent more than 100 heart failure patients home with a Carematix Blipcare wireless scale. Daily readings were sent to the Epic Electronic Health Record system and patients were monitored with…
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CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — According to a statement in Health Data Management, Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, developed a program utilizing a Carematix Blipcare wireless weight scale for remote patient monitoring to cut readmissions of heart failure patients by 40%…
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New Orleans-based Ochsner Health system developed a program using wireless weight scales that helped decrease its heart failure 30-day readmission rates by 40 percent. Here are three things to know about the program. 1. Ochsner Health sent more than 100 heart failure patients home with a Carematix Blipcare wireless scale, with daily weights sent to Ochsner’s Epic EHR system…
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A $23 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support a new Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the drug isradipine as a potential new treatment for Parkinson’s disease. The study is being co-lead by the University of Rochester and Northwestern University…
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Carematix has supported the use of home telemonitoring in over 20 clinical trials in 14 countries over 115 sites and 1,000’s of patients. The trials have been supported using various biometric sensors which patients use to transmit PRO data from home…
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This is a prospective pilot study to evaluate the usability and applicability of a self monitoring test of visual function with the handheld Health Management Tool (HMT) to remotely monitor neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) to detect a potential change in disease status…
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Hospitalization accounts for 70% of heart failure (HF) costs; readmission rates at 30 days are 24% and rise to 50% by 90 days. Agencies anticipate that tele-homecare will provide the close monitoring necessary to prevent HF readmissions. Methods and Results…
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Clinical inertia represents a barrier to hypertension management. As part of a hypertension tele-management trial designed to overcome clinical inertia, we evaluated study physician reactions to elevated home blood pressures. We studied 296 patients from the Hypertension Intervention Nurse Telemedicine Study who received telemonitoring and study physician medication management…
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Background To determine which of 3 interventions was most effective in improving blood pressure (BP) control, we performed a 4-arm randomized trial with an 18-month follow-up at the primary care clinics at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center…
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Aims: Results from previous studies suggest that remote monitoring may benefit
patients with heart failure (HF). The TRIAGE-CRT study prospectively evaluates the combined
use of cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D)-based home monitoring (HM) in conjunction with weight and blood pressure (BP) electronic telemonitoring (ETM) in patients with HF. Methods and Results…
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This feasibility study will investigate the clinical benefit of the combined use of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring (HM) and weight and blood pressure (BP) external telemonitoring (ETM) in the follow-up treatment of patients implanted with a Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (CRT-D). The feasibility study is designed to plan and define endpoints for a larger randomized study…
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This randomized clinical trial of weight loss treatment will examine if adding personalized, one-on-one treatment sessions to standard behavioral group treatment will result in greater weight loss, less weight regain after weight loss, and better adherence to the treatment protocol.
Everyone who enrolls in the study will receive information on healthy eating, how to increase their physical activity and develop healthy exercise habits, and ways to change their eating so that they will lose weight…
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Carematix, the leading provider of wireless telehealth monitors, will assist in a three-year study that will examine the effectiveness of behavioral lifestyle and medication management interventions among veterans with hypertension. The study will be conducted at the Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, a teaching and research facility affiliated with the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC…
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