Nicole K. Trower, BA
Research Informatics Programmer Analyst Pcpl.
About
SAS programming, Electronic Health Record and Claims data expertise, data collection and database management, Blood pressure and Hypertension projects

Education:  BA, Winona State University 

Joined the Institute:  2008
Publications While At HealthPartners
selected publications
Journal Article
  • Increased identification of vaccines for vaccine safety surveillance through linkage with the Minnesota Immunization Information Connection as of December 31, 2023. 
    Public Health Reports. 2024
  • Comparing pharmacist-led telehealth care and clinic-based care for uncontrolled high blood pressure: the Hyperlink 3 pragmatic cluster-randomized trial. 
    Hypertension (Dallas, Tex.. 2022
  • Comparison of explanatory and pragmatic design choices in a cluster-randomized hypertension trial: effects on enrollment, participant characteristics, and adherence. 
    Trials. 2022
  • Reach in a pragmatic hypertension trial: a critical RE-AIM component. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2022
  • Cardiovascular events and costs with home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management for uncontrolled hypertension. 
    Hypertension (Dallas, Tex.. 2020
  • Clinical decision support for recognizing and managing hypertensive blood pressure in youth: no significant impact on medical costs. 
    Academic Pediatrics. 2020
  • Design of a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial comparing telehealth care and best practice clinic-based care for uncontrolled high blood pressure. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2020
  • Impact of updated pediatric hypertension guidelines on progression from elevated blood pressure to hypertension in a community-based primary care population. 
    Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.). 2019
  • Economic evaluation of the home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist case management to control hypertension (Hyperlink) trial. 
    Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2018
  • Key components of success in a randomized trial of blood pressure telemonitoring with medication therapy management pharmacists. 
    Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2018
  • Long-term outcomes of the effects of home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management on blood pressure among adults with uncontrolled hypertension: follow-up of a cluster randomized clinical trial. 
    JAMA network open. 2018
  • A substudy evaluating treatment intensification on medication adherence among hypertensive patients receiving home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management. 
    Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 2016
  • Change in weight status and development of hypertension. 
    Pediatrics. 2016
  • Patient characteristics associated with greater blood pressure control in a randomized trial of home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management. 
    Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 2016
  • Proton pump inhibitor use by aspirin-treated coronary artery disease patients is not associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events. 
    European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. 2016
  • A successful multifaceted trial to improve hypertension control in primary care: why did it work?. 
    Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2015
  • Factors associated with adherence to blood pressure measurement recommendations at pediatric primary care visits, Minnesota and Colorado, 2007-2010. 
    Preventing Chronic Disease. 2015
  • Lipid screening in children and adolescents in community practice: 2007 to 2010. 
    Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2014
  • Benefits of early hypertension control on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetes. 
    Diabetes care. 2013
  • Effect of home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management on blood pressure control: a cluster randomized clinical trial. 
    JAMA. 2013
  • Patterns of care and persistence after incident elevated blood pressure. 
    Pediatrics. 2013
  • Comparative effectiveness of 2 beta-blockers in hypertensive patients. 
    Archives of Internal Medicine. 2012
    • Conference Poster
  • Long-term outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial testing the effects of blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring and pharmacist management on BP outcomes [poster]
    2017
  • Long-term outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial testing the effects of blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management [poster]
    2017
  • Relation of change in weight status to the development of hypertension in children and adolescents [poster]
    2015
  • How did pharmacists help patients achieve blood pressure control in a randomized trial of home blood pressure telemonitoring plus pharmacist management [poster]?
    2014
  • Diagnosis of pediatric hypertension depends on clinical practice guideline definitions [poster]
    2013
  • Improved self-efficacy and satisfaction with care among Hyperlink intervention patients [poster]
    2013
  • Outcomes at six months of a randomized trial of home blood pressure telemonitoring with pharmacist case management [poster]
    2013
  • Use of antidepressants and suicide attempts in young patients following FDA warnings [poster]
    2013
  • Outcomes at six months of a randomized trial of home blood pressure telemonitoring with pharmacist case management [poster]
    2012
    • Abstract
  • Comparing change in systolic blood pressure with clinic-based care versus telehealth care in a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Hyperlink 3) [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2021
  • Long-term effects on cardiovascular events of home blood pressure telemonitoring with pharmacist management in patients with uncontrolled hypertension [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
  • Qualitative data from a trial of home blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management (Hyperlink) [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2016
  • Relation of change in weight status to the development of hypertension in children and adolescents [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2016
  • Glucose screening and identification of pre-diabetes in children and adolescents 2007-2011 [abstract]. 
    Diabetes. 2013
  • Outcomes of a randomized trial of home blood pressure telemonitoring with pharmacist case management [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013
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