Increasing Awareness And Control Of Blood Pressure By Computer-Based Phone Calls

A simple, automated feedback system made hypertension patients more aware of their potentially fatal or disabling disease and helped them significantly lower their high blood pressure, according to a report published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. In a one-year study, the computer-based system telephoned participants at least once a week and a voice-recognition program asked for the most recent blood pressure reading they had recorded at home.

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on May 9th, 2009