State-of-the-market from the dableducational.org website.
Inaccurate blood pressure measurement leads inevitably to the inappropriate diagnosis and treatment of hypertension with resultant disadvantages for patients. Despite the serious consequences of inaccurate measurement of blood pressure the fact is that there are many inaccurate devices in the market and many have not been validated independently for accuracy. To overcome this deficiency, state-of-the-market papers have been published over the past decade. These papers, however, are limited in their availability to the wide range of potential purchasers of blood pressure measuring devices and such papers are often out-of-date by the time of publication. The dableducational website was founded in 2003 to provide regularly updated evidence-based information on blood pressure measuring devices on the internet to all would-be purchasers of blood pressure measuring devices. Since its foundation, the dableducational website has received in excess of 2 million visits; it is used by 1200 organizations in more than 105 countries worldwide, and receives an average of 160,000 visits monthly with a high percentage take down rate. In addition, the website provides a library resource with over 450 papers, and a device equivalence procedure for manufacturers.
O'Brien
Eoin
E
Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland. eobrien@iol.ie
Atkins
Neil
N
D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000145:classification / Q000295:instrumentation*; D054626:Consumer Health Information; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic