How Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources can Address Hypertension

How Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources can Address Hypertension

How Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources can Address Hypertension

Physicians and researchers have been focused on using hypertension management strategies though patient empowerment. The adoption of the latest ICT for measuring and reporting high blood pressure is promoting the concept of remote BP checking for nurses. This technology shows a global high acceptance rate of patients to reduce their hypertension. A new perspective of telephone utilization is also beneficial with diffusion of smartphones and tablets that has revolutionized the hypertension treatment through telemonitoring of blood pressure data. These alternatives are cheap and effective that aim to address the patient problem in the hospital. Moreover, care coordination for hypertention is important that helps patients to maintain healthy eating behaviors, being physically active, and manage and cope with chronic stress with positivity. Care coordination links patients of hypertension with vital community resources and help social services to respond to their needs. For example, it helps to track and support hypertension patients when they get any services outside nursing homes. Nurses can use community resources to prevent cardiovascular problems, heart attack, eye damage, and stroke in patients (Belo-Delariarte, 2018). Therefore, community resources used can help nurse to enhance their patient care outcomes and professional practices using telehealth. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC offers a “Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention” along with educational programs to help healthcare leaders improve patient care outcomes. This shows that using technology, care coordination, and community resources can help patients to deal with chronic stress.

Conclusion

Self-management of hypertension is possible by following the policy guidelines and legislations to improve the efficacy of health care interventions. Using telehealth tools and smartphone technologies can help nurses to reduce patient admissions and blood pressure. The CDC advises nurses to plan educational programs for using community resources and use remote technologies for hypertension interventions. The proposed interventions can positively impact the patient problem and also reduce hospitals costs.

References

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Burnier, M., & Egan, B. M. (2019). Adherence in hypertension: a review of prevalence, risk factors, impact, and management. Circulation research, 124(7), 1124-1140.