Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Case Management to Control Hypertension
Brief Summary: In this project we develop and implement an intervention to improve hypertension control in a primary care setting that takes advantage of new technology (home blood pressure telemonitoring) and team models of care (pharmacist case management). The results of the project will have important implications for future efforts to improve care provided to many of the estimated 20 million Americans with uncontrolled hypertension.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 21 years or more
* Linked using EMR data to a HealthPartners Medical Group primary care clinic
* Within the 12-month period of time prior to screening have had at least 2 primary care outpatient encounters, in the two most recent of which the blood pressure was above Joint National Committee 7 (JNC7) goal (\<140/90 mmHg or \<130/80 for patients with diabetes or kidney disease).
* Have a measured blood pressure at a research clinic screening visit above the JNC7 goal

Exclusion Criteria:

* Acute coronary syndrome or stroke within the past 3 months
* Class III (marked limitation of physical activity) or IV (symptoms at rest) New York Heart Association heart failure, or known left ventricular ejection fraction (\<30%)
* Severe renal dysfunction, with epidermal growth factor receptor (eGFR) ,30 ml/min/1.73 m2 using the abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study (MDRD) equation
* Known secondary causes of hypertension such as coarctation of the aorta, pheochromocytoma, adrenal cortical hypertension or renal vascular hypertension
* Unwillingness to be followed for a period of 18 months
* Pregnancy or unwillingness to use reliable bith control for females of child-bearing age
* Participation in another clinical trial
* Requires an interpreter to communicate with health care providers
* Dementia, mental illness or any condition that would limit ability to give informed consent
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients who have given their informed consent and expressed interest in participating in the study
* Asthmatic Patients

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with communication difficulties.
* Persons who obtain symbicort but not for their own use.
* Patients with other major diseases: Heart problems, COPD, EMPHYSEMA, lung cancer, AIDS.
* Patients with a respiratory infection.
* Patients with seasonal asthma.
* Pregnant women
* Patients who have previously participated in a health education study in asthma.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* age 50 and older
* prescription for at least one cardiovascular medication for heart failure
* plan to receive care and prescriptions at the study health care facility
* ability to hear within the normal range of conversation
* English speaking
* willingness to obtain echocardiography

Exclusion Criteria:

* dementia
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Community dwelling patients eligible for NMS (aged from 14 years starting a new medicine for asthma/COPD, diabetes (Type 2), antiplatelet/anticoagulation or hypertension).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients collecting a repeat prescription for a medicine (i.e. not new) for asthma/COPD, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), antiplatelets/anticoagulants or hypertension
* Patients collecting a medicine where the only change from the previous medicine involves a dosage or formulation change only
* Participants who are unable to understand patient/participant study documents
* Participants who are unable and unwilling to provide written consent / assent

Answer: A