Million Hearts: Hypertension Control: Action Steps for Clinicians

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• Alternative Title:
  Million Hearts: Hypertension Control: Action Steps for Clinicians: A Million Hearts Action Guide
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Description:
  The purpose of this document is to deliver tested strategies for busy clinicians to aid in efforts related to hypertension control. These strategies were gathered from the published scientific literature (evidence-based) or found to be effective in clinical settings (practice-based). The strategies are organized into three categories of actions to improve delivery system design (Table 1), improve medication adherence (Table 2), and optimize patient reminders and supports (Table 3). This document contains additional resources and references where more information can be found for each action step.
• Subjects:
  • Chronic Disease
  • Heart Diseases
  • Stroke
  • Hypertension / prevention & control
• Keywords:
  • Heart Disease and Stroke (Chronic Health Topic)
  • Evidence-based intervention models, frameworks, and best practice guidelines
  • 2025 CDC Chronic Disease Prevention Resource Guide
• Series:
  Million Hearts
• DOI:
  https://www.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/251800
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Citation:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hypertension Control: Action Steps for Clinicians. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Dept of Health and Human Services; 2013.
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/251800/cdc_251800_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 312.58 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• Main Document Checksum:
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