Clinic-Based Strategies to Reach United States Million Hearts 2022 Blood Pressure Control Goals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Million Hearts initiative includes an ambitious ≥80% blood pressure control goal in US adults with hypertension by 2022. We used the validated Blood Pressure Control Model to quantify changes in clinic-based hypertension management processes needed to attain ≥80% blood pressure control.

Methods and results

The Blood Pressure Control Model simulates patient blood pressures weekly using 3 key modifiable hypertension management processes: office visit frequency, clinician treatment intensification given uncontrolled blood pressure, and continued antihypertensive medication use (medication adherence rate). We compared blood pressure control rates (using the Seventh Joint National Committee on hypertension targets) achie

SUBMITTER: Bellows BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6768426 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature