We use cutting-edge technologies and research methods, guided by collaborative partnerships with healthcare providers, consumer and community partners, to inform best practice cardiovascular monitoring that is accessible for all.
The Cardiovascular Monitoring Group conduct clinical, translational and policy relevant research to inform best practice non-invasive cardiovascular monitoring. Our current programs of research are focused on technologies for blood pressure monitoring.
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of poor health and death worldwide, with high blood pressure a leading risk factor. In Australia, only 32% of adults with high blood pressure have it under control. This leaves many Australians at higher risk for poor health outcomes.
Our team believes that using cardiovascular monitoring technologies to their full scope can support better health for all. We collaborate broadly with consumer advisors, bioengineers, implementation, healthcare and public health experts to ensure our work has real-world relevance.
Our current research program includes two main streams of work:
Home blood pressure monitoring supports clinical decisions about hypertension management. Our work shows many devices in Australia have not been properly validated for accuracy and many are supplied with cuff sizes not suitable for nearly half the adult population.
There is limited consumer understanding about the quality and appropriateness of home blood pressure devices. The aim of MeasureBP, is to recruit Australian adults who measure their blood pressure at home to assess their devices by performing accuracy, validation and comparison testing.
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Wearable, cuffless technologies to estimate blood pressure are rapidly emerging onto the consumer market and will disrupt the measurement and management of high blood pressure (hypertension). At present, these new tools are not recommended by any clinical guidelines, despite several receiving regulatory clearance for sale.
There remain many unanswered questions these new technologies related to accuracy, clinical effectiveness, attitudes, usability and perceptions of consumers and health care professionals. This program of research seeks to systematically address these questions to support implementation of high-quality, clinically useful wearables into clinical practice.
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