Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HRC) leaders announced Nov. 22 a subsidiary’s entrance into the connected home monitoring market with its new Welch Allyn Home™ Hypertension Program.
According to the American Heart Association, one out of three adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure and approximately 46 percent of those don’t have their condition under control, which contributes to approximately 1,000 deaths per day.
Officials at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, have stated, “Reducing systolic blood pressure by only 12-13 mmHg could reduce deaths by 13 percent.” The combination of home blood pressure devices, communication and clinical support has been shown to reduce systolic blood pressure by 20 points.
The Welch Allyn Home™ Hypertension Program will enable patients to monitor their health outside the physician office using the company’s Home Blood Pressure Monitor. Patients can seamlessly sync their monitor to a smartphone app (available through the App Store® or Google Play™) that allows them to engage in their progress towards healthy BP goals. For practitioners, this data will transmit to the free clinical portal, which provides practitioner visibility to patient compliance against treatment recommendations and an organized view of accurate information. The portal is a secure cloud-based platform, allowing for physicians to access patient data at any time.
“The statistics show that monitoring blood pressure within the home can have true lifesaving potential,” said Alton Shader, Hill-Rom Front Line Care president. “The Welch Allyn Home™ Hypertension Program demonstrates our commitment to innovation, patients and their caregivers with easy-to-use technology and the accuracy found in our multi-parameter hospital-grade monitors.”
To learn more about the program, persons may visit www.WelchAllynHome.com.
