Patient Centered Health Technology Medication Adherence Program for African American Hypertensives

Auditory and visual reminders are active on Pill device will alert subject each time their medication dose is due. Pill device will transmit dose taken time stamps to researchers. Text message the following morning with tailored motivational messages that reflect the medication dose adherence from the preceding day. Subjects will monitor their BP at home at least every third day using Bluetooth monitor linked to smartphone to transmit encrypted readings to researchers.

Auditory and visual reminders are inactive on Pill device. Pill device will transmit dose taken times to researchers. Healthy lifestyle test messages as attention control.