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标题：Implementation of Strategies to Recognize and Control Hypertension in a Multispecialty Clinic, Montana, 2012–2013
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作者：Julie Wall ; Marilyn M. McLaury ; Dorothy Gohdes 等
期刊名称：Preventing Chronic Disease
印刷版ISSN：1545-1151
出版年度：2015
卷号：12
页码：1
DOI：10.5888/pcd12.150116
出版社：Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
摘要：Benefis Medical Group, in Great Falls, Montana, improved identification and treatment of hypertension through multifaceted interventions. The interventions included adopting policies for collection of vital signs, enhancing system-level reporting capability, tracking patients for the registry, and conducting patient outreach activities. From baseline to follow-up (December 2012 through September 2013), the percentage of patients with a documented blood pressure increased from 67% to 80%, the percentage diagnosed with hypertension increased from 16% to 36%, and the percentage with blood pressure control increased from 41% to 64%. Benefis Medical Group plans to sustain the successful evidence-based strategies that were adopted.