Partners in Control, Phase II: Using Remote Monitoring Technology With Community Health Workers to Support Hypertension Management for Latinx Patients
This study seeks to evaluate the impact of a remote patient monitoring (RPM)-specific tech-enabled community health worker workforce on the use of RPM for the management of hypertension among Latinx patients. This study is a step-wedge randomized controlled trial that aims to assess the effectiveness and implementation of RPM-enabled community health workers (CHWs) compared to standard of care RPM hypertension management on blood pressure reduction and evaluate the implementation of the RPM-enabled CHWs for hypertension (HTN) management. The study aims to examine adoption, acceptability, fidelity, cost, sustainability, and equity as outcomes of implementation effectiveness.
• Self-identify as Latinx
• Be fluent in English or Spanish
• Be age 18 years or older
• Receiving care at one of the 10 safety-net primary care clinics
• Have uncontrolled HTN documented in the electronic health record (EHR) on at least two visits in the past year (defined as an average BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg)
• Have been prescribed at least one anti-hypertensive medication and be non-adherent to their medications, defined as adherence \<80% in the preceding 12 months, as determined by prescription orders obtained from the clinic EHR.