Effect of Electronic Health Record-Based Medication Support and Nurse-Led Medication Therapy Management on Hypertension and Medication Self-management: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Complex medication regimens pose self-management challenges, particularly among populations with low levels of health literacy.

Objective

To test medication management tools delivered through a commercial electronic health record (EHR) with and without a nurse-led education intervention.

Design, setting, and participants

This 3-group cluster randomized clinical trial was performed in community health centers in Chicago, Illinois. Participants included 794 patients with hypertension who self-reported using 3 or more medications concurrently (for any purpose). Data were collected from April 30, 2012, through February 29, 2016, and analyzed by intention to treat.

Interventions

Clinics were randomly assigned to to groups: electronic health record-based m

SUBMITTER: Persell SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143105 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature