Mobile health program for high blood pressure found in emergency department patients
Tests a phone-based program helping adults with high blood pressure found in the emergency room.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Reach Out 2: Emergency Department-Initiated Hypertension Mobile Health Intervention Connecting Multiple Health Systems
Key facts
- Where
- Flint, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 99 years old?
Source: NCT06391073, who can take part
Where in United States
- Hurley Medical CenterFlint, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Northwestern University
- Trial code
- NCT06391073
- Record updated
- 13 July 2026
- Original description
Emergency department visits provide an opportunity to identify people with undiagnosed, untreated, or uncontrolled high blood pressure. In Reach Out, we will test whether a mobile health intervention yields a greater reduction in blood pressure than usual care among individuals identified with high blood pressure during a safety-net emergency department visit. Subsequently, we will estimate the reduction in heart attack, stroke, and dementia if Reach Out were implemented across all U.S. safety-net emergency departments.Read full original descriptionShow less
Reach Out 2: Randomized Clinical Trial of Emergency Department-Initiated Hypertension Mobile Health Intervention Connecting Multiple Health Systems
Emergency department visits provide an opportunity to identify people with undiagnosed, untreated, or uncontrolled high blood pressure. In Reach Out, we will test whether a mobile health intervention yields a greater reduction in blood pressure than usual care among individuals identified with high blood pressure during a safety-net emergency department visit. Subsequently, we will estimate the reduction in heart attack, stroke, and dementia if Reach Out were implemented across all U.S. safety-net emergency departments.
Exclusion: Critical illness; Pre-existing condition making 6-month follow-up unlikely; Unable to read English (<1% at study site); Incarcerated; Pregnant.
While in the ED, the patient must meet all of the following:; Adult (≥18 y/o); At least one BP with Systolic BP ≥160 or a Diastolic BP ≥100 (criteria 1); If the patient has repeated measurements after achieving Criteria 1, at least one of the repeat BP remains systolic BP ≥140 or a diastolic BP ≥90; Must have cell phones with text-messaging capability; Likely to be discharged from the ED.