Patient Experience in a Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Hypertension: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Remote patient monitoring (RPM), which includes out-of-office blood pressure (BP) measurement, coupled with interventions including telehealth and team-based care, is recommended for hypertension (HTN) management. We aimed to assess participant experience with RPM for HTN (RPM-HTN) to understand barriers and facilitators to implementing RPM-HTN in a primary care population where health disparities and social inequities are prevalent.

Methods: This is a qualitative implementation study of participants' experiences with an RPM-HTN program for primary care patients with uncontrolled HTN at an academic health system.

Ischaemic stroke in a patient with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) despite non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) therapy.

Primary stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is primarily with non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) therapy. However, 20-36% of ischaemic strokes seem to occur in patients with atrial fibrillation while already on anticoagulation. We present a case of an ischaemic stroke in an elderly female in her 70s with medical history significant for hypertension and NVAF.