Wechkunanukul K, Parajuli DR, Hamiduzzaman M. Utilising digital health to improve medication-related quality of care for hypertensive patients: An integrative literature review. World J Clin Cases 2020; 8(11): 2266-2279 [PMID: 32548157 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i11.2266]
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Kannikar Wechkunanukul, BPharm, PhD, Academic Research, Lecturer, Pharmacist, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Sturt Rd, Bedford Park 5042, Australia. kannikar.w@flinders.edu.au
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
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Systematic Reviews
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World J Clin Cases. Jun 6, 2020; 8(11): 2266-2279 Published online Jun 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i11.2266
Utilising digital health to improve medication-related quality of care for hypertensive patients: An integrative literature review
Kannikar Wechkunanukul, Daya Ram Parajuli, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman
Kannikar Wechkunanukul, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, Australia
Daya Ram Parajuli, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Flinders University Rural Health SA, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Renmark 5341, Australia
Author contributions: Wechkunanukul K performed review, data extraction and data synthesis and wrote the paper; Parajuli DR performed article review, data extraction and reviewed final draft paper; Hamiduzzaman M performed data extraction and reviewed the final draft paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Kannikar Wechkunanukul, BPharm, PhD, Academic Research, Lecturer, Pharmacist, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Sturt Rd, Bedford Park 5042, Australia. kannikar.w@flinders.edu.au
Received: January 15, 2020 Peer-review started: January 15, 2020 First decision: February 26, 2020 Revised: April 1, 2020 Accepted: May 27, 2020 Article in press: May 27, 2020 Published online: June 6, 2020 Processing time: 145 Days and 0.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The soaring prevalence of hypertension imposes a tremendous public health burden globally. In 2015, more than a billion people were diagnosed with hypertension, but only 1 in 5 of them can maintain their optimal blood pressure. The evidence showed the effectiveness of medication management models performed by multidisciplinary healthcare teams significantly improve the medication-related quality of care (MRQOC) such as medication appropriateness and health care accessibility. Digital health interventions have been implemented widely into the diverse healthcare systems to improve health provisions and outcomes. This article reveals the summaries of digital health innovations used to improve MRQOC for hypertensive patients, the intervention outcomes, perception of using digital tools and challenges of implementing digital innovation into practice.
