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3 steps to achieve BP control in your patients

Nearly 37 million Americans have uncontrolled hypertension. Learn the keys you need to implement in your practice to get patients’ BP under control.

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More than 800 practices recognized for BP-control efforts

Over 100 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure, and less than half have it under control.

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More than 800 medical practices recognized for blood pressure control

AMA, American Heart Association announce Target: BP™ Recognition Program awards to medical practices committed to reducing heart attacks and strokes.

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9 CME activities to help you improve chronic disease management

These online CME activities offer educational insights on nutrition, diabetes prevention, hypertension control, practice redesign and more.

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An old man gives himself a blood pressure test and is taking notes on what he sees.
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Home-monitoring effort helps thousands get BP under control

A system-level quality improvement initiative achieved BP control within three office visits for nearly 1,700 patients with persistently uncontrolled hypertension. Find out how.

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AMA, AHA developing list of validated BP monitors

Automated home BP devices can help boost hypertension control, but physicians lack access to proper clinical validation information for these devices.

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Health coach Dale Mangum with patient Lisa Porter and family physician Sherri James-Surger, MD.
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Improve BP control with a little help from your health coach

About 44 percent of this clinic’s patients are Hispanic. A health coach helped implement a self-measured BP program, and here's how it's working.

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A female nurse administers a blood pressure test to an African-American man.
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Big players in health care work to tackle high BP in black men

For treating hypertension in African-American men, setting priorities is top agenda after a recent meeting between the AMA, American Heart Association and the Association of Black Cardiologists.

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Barber Eric Muhammad places a cuff on Mark Sims to measure his blood pressure at barber shop.
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Barbershops lend a hand to trim high BP among black men

To address uncontrolled hypertension in African-American men, barbers were trained to measure blood pressure and encourage follow-up. Here is how it worked. 

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