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The role of telemedicine in the monitoring and control of patients with hypertension during the COVID−19 pandemic: a multicenter study in primary care

Francisco Javier Cuevas Fernández
1, 2
,
Anabela Enebral Quintana
3
,
Olga Tatiana Gómez López
1, 2
,
José Carlos Gutiérrez Galeote
1, 4
,
Antonio Cabrera de León
2, 5
,
Armando Aguirre-Jaime
6

  1. Primary Care Management of Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  2. Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, University of La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  3. Preventive Medicine Service, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  4. Multiprofessional Teaching Unit for Family and Community Care, Tenerife South Zone, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  5. Research Unit of the Primary Care Management and University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  6. Care Research Support Service of the College of Nurses of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(4): 438–443
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2024.144911
Online publish date: 2024/12/29
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