The Peterson Health Technology Institute’s assessments fill the evidence gap in digital health solutions, answering fundamental questions: How well do tools work? For whom do they work? Are they worth it? Recommendations are informed by clinical and economic impact, and effects on health equity.
Hypertension is one of the most common chronic conditions among U.S. adults and, if left untreated, can lead to significant and costly health events.
Digital hypertension management solutions have emerged to address common challenges patients face in accessing care and achieving blood pressure control. Digital management solutions can help patients monitor blood pressure at home, relay blood pressure data to care teams to inform medication adjustments, and provide lifestyle modification support.
PHTI evaluated the clinical and economic impact of 11 digital hypertension management solutions for blood pressure monitoring, medication management, and behavior change. All solutions use a connected blood pressure cuff. As an independent evaluation partner, Curta assessed the clinical and economic impact of these technologies, including a systematic literature review and budget impact assessment, using the ICER-PHTI Assessment Framework.
Certain digital blood pressure management solutions can improve clinical outcomes, but not all approaches are equally effective.
Medication management solutions work and are worth it for people with hypertension. PHTI found that medication management solutions deliver rapid and clinically meaningful improvements in blood pressure that outperform usual care.
Other approaches to hypertension management are less effective. Blood pressure monitoring and behavior change solutions do not deliver clinical benefits worthy of more widespread adoption.
Payers, providers, and innovators should adopt medication management solutions to enhance hypertension care and reap long-term benefits.
The Peterson Health Technology Institute provides rigorous, evidence-based evaluations of innovative digital health technologies to improve health and lower costs.