Team-based care increased the proportion of people with controlled BP  and reduced both systolic and diastolic BP , especially when pharmacists and nurses were part of the team .
CONTEXT Uncontrolled hypertension remains a widely prevalent cardiovascular risk factor in the U.S. team-based care , established by adding new staff or changing the roles of existing staff such as nurses and pharmacists to work with a primary care provider and the patient .
Team-based care has the potential to improve the quality of hypertension management .
The goal of this Community Guide systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of team-based care in improving blood pressure ( BP ) outcomes .
Utility of electronic device for medication management in patients with hypertension: a pilot study.
Electronic interactive technology is being used in medical care to enhance communication between the patient and health care provider , as well as the patient ’s performance of appropriate health behaviors . Research has demonstrated the value of technology in enhancing medication-taking behavior , capturing medicationtaking events , and generating reports to health care providers.1–4 These devices can capture other patient-specific information such as blood pressure , presence of symptoms , and functional status in “ real time ” rather than depending on patient recall at a later date . What is lacking in these studies is a clear view of how medication management devices fit with existing patient monitoring and feedback processes , which depend on the interaction between patients and their health care providers . Clinical endpoints are also lacking . We had the opportunity to conduct a pilot study of a medication management system that used patient-specific information to tailor the electronic interactive technology to each individual patient ’s needs and behaviors
Team-based care increased the proportion of people with controlled BP  and reduced both systolic and diastolic BP , especially when pharmacists and nurses were part of the team .
CONTEXT Uncontrolled hypertension remains a widely prevalent cardiovascular risk factor in the U.S. team-based care , established by adding new staff or changing the roles of existing staff such as nurses and pharmacists to work with a primary care provider and the patient .
Team-based care has the potential to improve the quality of hypertension management .
The goal of this Community Guide systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of team-based care in improving blood pressure ( BP ) outcomes .