Hypertension Control in the University of Chicago Primary Care Group

"Quality Improvement Success Stories" are published by the American Diabetes Association in collaboration with the American College of Physicians, Inc., and the National Diabetes Education Program. This series is intended to highlight best practices and strategies from programs and clinics...

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Published in:Clinical diabetes 2017-07, Vol.35 (3), p.168-170
Main Authors: Gunter, Kathryn E, Weyer, George W, Vinci, Lisa M, Chin, Marshall H, Peek, Monica E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Best practice
Departments
Diabetes
Disease management
Hypertension
Quality of care
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Summary:"Quality Improvement Success Stories" are published by the American Diabetes Association in collaboration with the American College of Physicians, Inc., and the National Diabetes Education Program. This series is intended to highlight best practices and strategies from programs and clinics that have successfully improved the quality of care for people with diabetes or related conditions. Each article in the series is reviewed and follows a standard format developed by the editors of . The following article describes a successful project by faculty at the University of Chicago to improve blood pressure control among hypertensive patients at a general internal medicine clinic on the South Side of Chicago, Ill.
ISSN:0891-8929
1945-4953
DOI:10.2337/cd17-0042