Sustainability of the Hypertension Management Initiative program |
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◦ Development and usage of information management systems to improve and standardize high blood pressure patient care and treatment and to improve outcomes |
◦ Statement of intention by participating healthcare providers to continue using key tools and learnings from the Hypertension Management Initiative. |
Improved hypertension management practices by healthcare providers participating in the Hypertension Management Initiative |
◦ Improved knowledge regarding best practices in management of patients with high blood pressure/hypertension |
◦ Improved consistency with current CHEP recommendations in time elapsed from first high blood pressure reading to hypertension diagnosis |
◦ Improved healthcare provider medication prescribing for hypertension patients consistent with current CHEP recommendations |
◦ Improved assessment of medication adherence and side effects in high blood pressure/hypertension patient visits |
◦ Improved assessment of global cardiovascular disease risk in patients with high blood pressure/hypertension |
◦ Improved assessment of high blood pressure/hypertension patients' lifestyle risk factors and readiness to undertake lifestyle modifications |
◦ Improved provision of support and advice to motivate high blood pressure/hypertension patients to make lifestyle recommendations |
◦ Improved follow-up of high blood pressure/hypertension patients consistent with current CHEP recommendations |
◦ Improved quantity and quality of inter-professional collaboration in management of patients with high blood pressure/hypertension. |
Improved control of blood pressure among patients reached |
◦ Reduced blood pressure readings of hypertension patients |
◦ Increased proportion of patients with hypertension with blood pressure controlled to target |
◦ Improved adherence of hypertension patients to prescribed hypertension medication(s) |
◦ Improved adherence of high blood pressure/hypertension patients to their selected lifestyle changes |