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The Impact of Implementing Blood Pressure Champions in the Ambulatory Care Setting to Improve Patient Outcomes
Purpose: In 2021, licensed and unlicensed staff at a greater Houston area ambulatory care setting performed inaccurate blood pressure (BP) measurements. This contributed to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) scores of 59% for controlling BP and 69.9% for high blood pressure control in patients with diabetes
Learning Objective
After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.
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