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7-step SMBP quick guide: Interpret results

View tables and summaries to help understand the results and numbers involved with SMBP. Learn more with the AMA's 7-step SMBP quick guide.

Prevention & Wellness
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7-step SMBP quick guide: Coding

Access the 7-step SMBP quick guide where AMA lists and explains CPT codes for initial and ongoing SMBP clinical services.

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Don’t trade your BP device for cuffless technology just yet

Cuffless blood pressure devices are convenient to use, but aren’t validated for accuracy. Experts urge patients and physicians to use validated devices. 

Prevention & Wellness
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Campaign takes on big threat to Black women: high BP

74,000-plus have taken the Release the Pressure pledge to prioritize heart health. Learn about the initiative and how the AMA advances health equity.

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Rethinking BP, depression screenings drive powerful system change

Northwell Health’s dynamic, data-driven framework boosted hypertension control in primary care and cardiology from 69.1% to 78% in under two years. 

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Health System Spotlight
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Sharpen your blood pressure skills to improve patient outcomes

Improve BP measurement, reduce errors and earn CME with AMA’s interactive training for physicians and care teams managing hypertension.

Prevention & Wellness
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of May 5, 2025

In the news: Measles cases hit 1K in U.S., combo COVID and flu shot outperforms current vaccines, experimental drug for uncontrolled BP shows promise and more.

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Rush study finds familiar faces can help lower congregations’ BP

Working with community health workers recruited from Black churches results in average 10% drop in systolic blood pressure. 

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Health System Spotlight
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For millions with hypertension, home BP cuffs aren’t a good fit

When blood-pressure cuffs are too small, it can lead to higher BP about 40% of the time, which leads to improper treatment. Change is needed. 

Prevention & Wellness