RECOMMENDED FOLLOW UP CARE :

A COMMUNITY APPROACH: pATIENT, PRACTICE AND SYSTEM CARE

Blood pressure control improves when patients take action.

Take medicines as prescribed

Lower your risk by:

  • Eating a healthy, low sodium diet

  • Exercising

  • Maintaining a healthy weight

  • Limiting alcohol use

  • Not smoking

Doctors, nurses and others who treat patients

High blood pressure control improves when it's a priority:

  • Focus on blood pressure and track your performance

  • Use a team-based care approach

  • Checking and addressing blood pressure at every visit

  • Simplify treatment:

  • Once-a-day doses of medicine when possible

  • Fewer pills

Source: Wolford MR, Minor DS. Hypertension: issues in control and resistance.

Health care systems

High blood pressure control throughout health care systems improves by using electronic health records (EHRs) and patient registries to:

  • Include quality measures for performance.

  • Identify and follow-up with patients who have high blood pressure.

  • Notify doctors about patients with high blood pressure readings.

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REFERENCE NOTED: Centers for Disease Control. Getting Blood Pressure Under Control. Downloaded 4/11/2013 from http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/Hypertension/index.html