Sustained Improvement in Blood Pressure Control for a Multiracial Cohort: Results of a Patient-centered Medical Home Quality Improvement Initiative

CONCLUSIONS: The analysis of blood pressure before and after designation of an Internal Medicine clinic as a patient-centered medical home reveals disparities in rates of chronic disease control. Team-based outreach improves hypertension control for patients regardless of race or visit number. These findings suggest that patient-centered medical homes and a multidisciplinary care approach, not limited to increased access, improve chronic disease control and should be considered for diverse outpatient clinics.PMID:31363347 | PMC:PMC6666407

Source: Quality in Primary Care - August 1, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Elizabeth Kirkland Jingwen Zhang Elisha Brownfield Marc Heincelman Samuel Schumann Andrew Schreiner Kinfe Bishu Patrick D Mauldin William P Moran Source Type: research