Quality improvement initiatives improve hypertension care among veterans

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 392-398

  Choma, Neesha N ^a,b,c,f   Huang, Robert L ^a,b,c,f   Dittus, Robert S ^a,b,c,f   Burnham, Kathy E ^d   Roumie, Christianne L ^a,b,e,f  

^a Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC)   (United States)

^b HSR and D Targeted Research Enhancement Program for Patient Healthcare Behavior   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VATVHS   (United States)

^e VA Tennessee Valley Clinical Research Training Center of Excellence (CRCoE)   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Hypertension; Outcome assessment; Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77949879671     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.862714     Document Type: Review

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