Facilitation of team-based care to improve HTN management and outcomes: a protocol for a randomized stepped wedge trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are well-established guidelines for treating hypertension (HTN), yet only half of patients with HTN meet the defined target of < 140/90. Team-based care (TBC) is an evidence-based strategy for improving blood pressure (BP) management and control. TBC is defined as the provision of health services by at least two health professionals "who work collaboratively with patients and their caregivers to accomplish shared goals to achieve coordinated, high-quality care". However, primary care practices experience challenges to implementing TBC principles and care processes; these are more pronounced in small independent practice settings (SIPs). Practice facilitation (PF) is an implementation strategy that may overcome barriers to adopting evidence-based TBC to improve HTN

SUBMITTER: Shelley DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature