Black Cardiovascular Disease Patients Prefer Text-Based BP Monitoring

mHealth Intelligence: Black Cardiovascular Disease Patients Prefer Text-Based BP Monitoring

According to a recent study in JAMA Network Open, Black patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) prefer recording blood pressure (BP) via a text-based program rather than an online patient portal. Researchers focused primarily on how demographics related to results and the number of BP measurements between the two groups when analyzing data. The results show that Black patients with CVD who use Medicaid or Medicare insurance prefer and are far more likely to engage in a text-based BP monitoring program instead of using an online patient portal.