Home blood pressure monitoring with pharmacist phone visits for blood pressure control

You may qualify if

• Age ≥18 years
• Ability to speak English
• Seen at UAB's or TGH's Emergency Department-Transitional Care Clinic
• Blood pressure at Emergency Department-Transitional Care Clinic: Systolic BP ≥ 130 mmHg or Diastolic BP ≥ 80 mmHg
• Have a cellphone with video capability

You can't join if

• Systolic BP ≥ 160 mmHg or Diastolic BP ≥ 100 mmHg (i.e. severe range hypertension (HTN) by the 2025 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association BP guidelines) as they typically are referred to immediate treatment intensification. Since the prevalence of severe HTN is low (i.e.<5%) in the US population, exclusion of these individuals will have only a small effect on the study.)
• Lack of willingness or inability to provide written informed consent
• Individuals who work overnight or second shift
• History of known major arrhythmias
• Currently pregnant or breastfeeding
• Arm circumference >50 cm. *The upper limit for the largest BP cuff for oscillometric BP devices is typically 50-52 cm; data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2016 indicated that <1% of US adults have an arm circumference >50 cm, so this will have minimal effect on our study.