Improving Regional Blood Pressure Control: a Positive Deviance Tiered Intensity Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accelerated translation of real-world interventions for hypertension management is critical to improving cardiovascular outcomes and reducing disparities.

Objective

To determine whether a positive deviance approach would improve blood pressure (BP) control across diverse health systems.

Design

Quality improvement study using 1-year cross sections of electronic health record data over 5 years (2013-2017).

Participants

Adults ≥ 18 with hypertension with two visits in 2 years with at least one primary care visit in the last year (N = 114,950 at baseline) to a primary care practice in Better Health Partnership, a regional health improvement collaborative.

Interventions

Identification of a "positive deviant" and dissemination of this system's best

SUBMITTER: Bolen SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8175516 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature