CHSU Discovery

Hypertension in California's Central Valley has become a primary concern for healthcare providers. Underserved populations, including many in California's Central Valley, often face heightened complication rates due to limited healthcare access. The emergence of remote healthcare has expanded blood pressure monitoring beyond clinics, enabling patients to track and report their readings conveniently from home. Omni Healthcare has implemented a Home Blood Pressure Monitoring program (HBPM) where they distributed a blood pressure device. A program exit survey was developed to identify barriers and potential solutions to improve participation in the HBPM program among patients 18-85 years old with blood pressure greater than 140/90 mmHg. The Omni and CHSU survey pilot project successfully obtained information regarding patients' opinions and current attitudes about Omni's HBPM program and potential barriers to why patients dropped out. To improve the project, recommendations to include a nutrition plan in the program and plan calls around when patients are home or when the timing works better to take the survey should be prioritized to get the highest survey completion.