Leveraging Electronic Health Record (EHR) Tools to Reduce Health Disparities for Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension

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Conditions studied: Hypertension, Blood Pressure

In brief

A two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial targeting primary care providers will be conducted to evaluate the impact of a multicomponent electronic health record (EHR) intervention on hypertension management. Given the cluster trial design, randomization will be conducted at the site level, and in the intervention sites, all eligible providers will receive the intervention. The intervention consists of enhancing tools already available to primary care providers in the EHR system, including developing and implementing provider disparities dashboards, enhancing electronic decision support, and simplifying self-monitoring orders and communication materials. The intervention aims to improve blood pressure control and reduce health disparities in racial and ethnic minorities. Findings from this trial will provide important insight into whether a multicomponent intervention targeting providers and leveraging health information technology can reduce health disparities.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT05030467
Run by: Brigham and Women's Hospital
People needed: 49210
Starts: 2022-05-03
Expected to finish: 2024-06-01
Last updated by the study team: 2025-06-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

Patients not meeting the inclusion criteria above will not be included in the analysis of the study. No other exclusion criteria will be used.
Among these eligible patients, patients included in the primary analysis will be those that had an in-person visit at one of the trial clinics.

Where it is running

Advocate Health Care — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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