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Featured Toolkit: BP Connect Health - Improving Follow-up After High Blood Pressures
High blood pressures are one of the most prevalent and reversible cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults with chronic conditions, who are often vulnerable to gaps between specialty and primary care. Increasing preventive services to address hypertension could prevent more early deaths than any other preventive service, such as lipid treatment, cancer screening, and pneumococcal or influenza vaccination.
The BP Connect Health Toolkit was developed to connect patients with high blood pressure in a specialty visit back to primary care for timely follow-up. It is a staff protocol performed by nurses or medical assistants during vitals assessment using electronic health record (EHR) alerts, brief counseling, and a simple clickable follow-up order. The toolkit contains materials needed to successfully plan for, implement, and sustain the protocol.
