Cloud-based BP system integrated with CPOE improves self-management of the hypertensive patients: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Less than 50% of patients with hypertensive disease manage to maintain their blood pressure (BP) within normal levels.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether cloud BP system integrated with computerized physician order entry (CPOE) can improve BP management as compared with traditional care.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial done on a random sample of 382 adults recruited from 786 patients who had been diagnosed with hypertension and receiving treatment for hypertension in two district hospitals in the north of Taiwan.