Publication date: Aug 20, 2026
Individuals residing in the southeastern United States experience disproportionately worse stroke outcomes. Although blood pressure (BP) reduction is among the most effective strategies for improving stroke outcomes, fewer than one third of survivors of stroke achieve BP control within 1 year of the index event. The PACESETTER (Program to Avoid Cerebrovascular Events Through Systematic Electronic Tracking and Tailoring of an Eminent Risk Factor) trial enrolled patients with stroke and uncontrolled BP from 3 safety-net health care systems in South Carolina. Patients were randomized 1:1 to the PACESETTER intervention, which included a Bluetooth-enabled electronic pill tray, a BP monitor, and a smartphone application for automated data transmission of medication adherence and BP data to a central server or to usual care. The primary outcome was systolic BP
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Bluetooth | blood pressure |
| Cerebrovascular | cerebrovascular disease |
| Smartphone | disparities |
| South | hypertension |
| Tailoring | prevention |
| stroke |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | stroke |
| disease | MESH | included |
| disease | MESH | cerebrovascular disease |
| disease | MESH | hypertension |