About the Authors

Vicky Hammersley

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Richard Parker

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mary Paterson

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Janet Hanley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Social Care. Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hilary Pinnock

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Paul Padfield

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Andrew Stoddart

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hyeon Gyeong Park

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Aziz Sheikh

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Brian McKinstry

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

brian.mckinstry@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: BM is supported by the Scottish Government in relation to their plans to scale up telemonitoring for hypertension across Scotland. MP is paid by the Scottish Government to give advice on implementing telemonitoring of blood pressure. BM and ASh are in receipt of funding for an unrelated hypertension telemonitoring study of people with stroke. ASh is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. ASt has received research funding for this study and another trial of Telehealth for Blood Pressure. HP has received fundng in the last 3 years from the European EIT Digital fund to develop an app for BP management. All other authors declare no support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.