Improving Health Outcomes: Blood Pressure Program in Practice Sites Located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area and in Maryland
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Sponsor
- American Medical Association
- Enrollment
- 10
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Improve blood pressure control
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This quality improvement project is focused on improving hypertension care delivery processes in ambulatory clinical practices, 5 in Illinois and 5 in Maryland for a total of 10 practice sites.The primary aim of this quality improvement project is to improve blood pressure control among patients receiving routine care for hypertension in a diverse group of ambulatory clinical practices. A secondary aim is for American Medical Association (AMA) and Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) quality improvement staff to figure out the best way to help clinical practices in achieving improved blood pressure control, including working to increase the use of home blood pressure monitoring.
Investigators
Omar Hasan, MBBS, MPH, MS, FACP
Vice President, Improving Health Outcomes
American Medical Association
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Improve blood pressure control
Time Frame: One year
The primary aim of this quality improvement project is to improve blood pressure control among patients receiving routine care for hypertension in a diverse group of ambulatory clinical practices. Specifically, we will measure change from baseline in Systolic Blood Pressure at 12 months.
Secondary Outcomes
- The best way to help clinical practices improve blood pressure control(One year)