What you need to know about home blood pressure telemonitoring: but may not know to ask.

Home blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring allows patients to take their BP, store the data, and then transmit data by phone to a healthcare provider. Research to date shows that home BP telemonitoring is accurate and helps patients gain control over their blood pressure. When used regularly, home BP telemonitoring can improve control and help reduce health problems associated with hypertension.

Voluntary HIV counseling and testing of pregnant women--an assessment of compliance with Michigan public health statutes.

Objectives: First, to evaluate compliance with Michigan's laws mandating universal, voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) of all pregnant women who provide informed consent (ie, the "opt-out strategy"). Second, to assess the acceptability of and agreement to VCT.

Methods: Women who delivered a live infant at a large, urban academic medical center were interviewed before hospital discharge.