Telemonitoring of Hypertensive Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Patients will receive a Bluetooth-enabled and validated electronic upper arm oscillometric BP device (A\&D Ltd. UA-651BLE; San Jose, CA) that will be paired to their smartphone. Patients will be required to sit with their back rested for at least 5 minutes with the BP cuff around their arm. They will then be required to push the start button on the HBPT device to initiate BP measurement. HBPT values will be based on a series comprised of the mean of duplicate measures, for morning and evening, for a 7-day period and the first day home BP values will not be considered. The BP data will be auto transmitted via Bluetooth to their smartphone and relayed to a secure web portal for review.