Improving Health Outcomes: Blood Pressure

Improving Health Outcomes: Blood Pressure Program in Practice Sites Located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area and in Maryland

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02021981

Acronym

IHO:BP

Enrollment

Registered

2013-12-27

Start date

2013-10-31

Completion date

2017-07-31

Last updated

2016-07-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

Quality Improvement, Primary Care, Blood Pressure, High, Feedback, Knowledge

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

The Practice Sites must * Self-identify as either primary care internal medicine, family practice, or cardiology * Have an electronic health record * Serve patient populations that are diverse and representative of the U.S. adult population * Have a significant number of male and female patients, age 18 or older, voluntarily receiving care for hypertension * Have the resources, staff, and commitment to complete this quality improvement project

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Improve blood pressure control	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

Measure	Time frame	Description
The best way to help clinical practices improve blood pressure control	One year	A secondary aim is for AMA and JHM quality improvement staff to figure out the best way to help clinical practices in achieving improved blood pressure control. Specifically, we will measure success in implementing changes in hypertension care delivery processes by surveying clinical practice staff.

Countries

United States

Outcome results