Home blood pressure data visualization for the management of hypertension: using human factors and design principles.
Pete WegierJeffery L BeldenShannon M CanfieldVictoria A ShafferSonal J PatilMichael L LeFevreK D ValentineMihail PopescuLinsey M SteegeAkshay JainRichelle J KoopmanPublished in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2021)
We developed a data display for substantial amounts of blood pressure measurements that is both simple to understand for patients, but powerful enough to inform clinical decision making. The display used a line graph format for ease of understanding, a LOWESS function for smoothing data to reduce the weight users placed on outlier measurements, colored goal range bands to allow users to quickly determine if measurements were in range, a medication timeline to help link recorded blood pressure measurements with the medications a patient was taking. A data display such as this, specifically designed to encourage shared decision making between hypertensive patients and their healthcare providers, could help us overcome the clinical inertia that often results in a lack of treatment intensification, leading to better care for the 35 million Americans with uncontrolled hypertension.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- hypertensive patients
- healthcare
- electronic health record
- heart rate
- big data
- end stage renal disease
- decision making
- palliative care
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- endothelial cells
- body mass index
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- weight loss
- chronic pain
- artificial intelligence
- physical activity
- social media
- adipose tissue
- health information