One of the most important things you can do to manage high blood pressure is to track it every day to spot trends that warrant a closer look and measure the success of your treatment.
Hypertension caused or contributed to more than 500,000 deaths in 2019, and Black Americans are disproportionately affected. Hypertension medications work when taken as prescribed, and Walgreens solutions can match patients’ preferences.
Explore all of the tools Walgreens offers to help you manage and track your blood pressure.
How Walgreens can help
Walgreens’ suite of tools drives better outcomes:
- myWalgreens™ for healthy choices®. This one-of-a-kind program rewards activities such as monitoring blood pressure, exercising, and taking medications.
- Refill Reminders: Walgreens’ text, email, and interactive voice response (IVR) notifications contact patients to schedule refills.
- Pill Reminder: The free Walgreens App has a feature that reminds patients to take their medications.
- Save-a-Trip Refills: Walgreens synchronizes multiple prescriptions for pick-up on the same day.
- New-to-Therapy: Shortly after patients first fill their prescription, they receive a wellness call to offer information and address questions that can help prevent barriers to adherence of the next refill.
- Walgreens Health Answers: A resource supporting healthier lifestyles, including Heart Health.
- 90 day: Walgreens offers 90-day prescription services, which increase adherence.
- Blood pressure monitoring: Walgreens sells blood pressure monitors and offers in-store blood pressure checks.