Comprehensive Medication Management as a Standard of Practice for Managing Uncontrolled Blood Pressure

Frontiers in Medicine

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Tony Kuo¹  Steven Chen⁴  Sang-Mi Oh¹  Noel C. Barragan⁵ 

[1] Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, United States;Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, United States;Population Health Program, University of California, Los Angeles Clinical and Translational Science Institute, United States;Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, United States;Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, United States

关键词: blood pressure control;    comprehensive medication management;    medication adherence;    team care;    pharmacists;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2021.693171

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Blood pressure (BP) control is critical for preventing cardiovascular disease. In the United States (U.S.), high BP remains the top modifiable risk factor for conditions such as heart disease and stroke (1). Still, achieving optimal management of BP has been elusive in this country. For example, an analysis of the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey dataset by Hales and colleagues shows that while hypertension control has improved overall in the nation, increasing from 28.5 to 48.3% between 1999–2006 and 2007–2014 (2), BP control has yet to meet the American Heart Association’s target of 70% (3), suggesting that a more integrated approach to managing uncontrolled hypertension such as Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) may be needed to close this gap.

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