Use of a Cloud-connected Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring Program During the Postpartum Period for Hypertensive Women

The BP cuff is connected in a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant fashion to the patient's medical record, allowing for documentation and communication with the nurse and the care team. Alerts are triggered if a patient has not checked her BP for 3 days or when readings fall outside a specific threshold (high or low BP alerts). Based on these alerts, the nurse follows up with these patients and reminds them to take a reading. The nurse will also notify participants with elevated BP values to repeat their BP and will contact the participants by phone to discuss symptoms and antihypertensive medications. Patients will be managed based on a clinical algorithm for initiation of antihypertensive medications without the need for an outpatient visit if considered appropriate by the clinical provider.