Million Hearts: Using Performance Incentives to Optimize Patient Care: New West Physicians-Rush University Medical Groups: Champions Hypertension Control

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• Alternative Title:
  Million Hearts–Success in Blood Pressure Control: Using Performance Incentives to Optimize Patient Care
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Description:
  The Hypertension Control Challenge recognizes clinicians and health systems that have excelled at controlling blood pressure. The Hypertension Control Champions use evidence-based strategies to achieve exemplary blood pressure control rates in their practices. As of 2017, CDC has recognized 83 clinicians, health care practices, and health systems as Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Champions for achieving blood pressure control rates of at least 70%.
  
  This handout highlights the work of Rush University Medical Group of Chicago and New West Physicians of Denver to find inventive ways to prioritize hypertension control and boost patient health and their bottom lines.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Publication date approximated from file properties
• Subjects:
  Chronic Disease Heart Diseases Hypertension Stroke
• Keywords:
  2025 CDC Chronic Disease Prevention Resource Guide Heart Disease And Stroke (Chronic Health Topic) Success Stories
• Series:
  Million Hearts
• DOI:
  https://www.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/251853
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handout / Flyer
• 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:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ad5f2c131ede2c385bf0f22c40e88f9acd50a02acad3646317bd8d54f773f2bc1703025c8ce5968d2254b60001d011e23accfa98b646bc6d49145231a4548439
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/251853/cdc_251853_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 314.61 KB ]