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 Self blood pressure monitoring with messaging advantages and challenges

AdvantagesChallenges
Facilitates proper diagnosis & management
Cost effective
Increased adherence
Increased awareness
Decreases clinical inertia
Decreases blood pressure
Facilitates communication with clinician
Increases health literacy
Decreases CVD events
Community health workers offer additional access to support		Proper technique of measurement
Calibration of devices
Cost of devices
Access to wireless network services
Access to smartphones
Comfort with using technology
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Self blood pressure monitoring with messaging offers multiple advantages in the course of treating hypertension, however, some challenges exist to implementation. CVD: cardiovascular disease