Division of General Internal Medicine Hypertension Impact Project September 21, 2017 Integrated Network Summit Presented by: Mark Earnest, MD, PhD Lauren Drake, Wagner Schorr-Ratzlaff MD, Huong Lam MD, Laurence Williams MD, Mary McCord MD, Hillary Chrastil MHA, Mary Kozloski, Carmen L. Lewis MD, MPH
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Division of General Internal Medicine Hypertension Impact Project
September 21, 2017
Integrated Network Summit
Presented by: Mark Earnest, MD, PhDLauren Drake, Wagner Schorr-Ratzlaff MD, Huong Lam MD, Laurence Williams MD, Mary McCord MD, Hillary Chrastil
MHA, Mary Kozloski, Carmen L. Lewis MD, MPH
Background
• Goal: To achieve 70% hypertension control across both our General Internal Medicine practices.
• Strategy: Five evidence-based domains with 1-3 strategies each
• Setting• Anschutz Internal Medicine ~ 4,700
• Lowry Internal Medicine ~ 2,400
Results
33%
63%
67%
37%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
February, 2016 June, 2017
Anschutz Internal Medicine
Providers with 70% Control or Greater
Providers with Less than 70% Control
27%
88%
73%
12%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
February, 2016 June, 2017
Lowry Internal Medicine
Providers with 70% Control or Greater
Providers with Less than 70% Control
EDUCATION
Patient Education Materials Quarterly BP Measurement Technique Trainings
• Medical Assistants (MAs) participate in ongoing educational sessions
• Includes:• Overview of BP• Cuff sizing• Patient positioning• Automatic BP machines• Manual readings