Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• Despite their helpfulness to guiding care, home blood pressure readings are rarely documented in routine clinical care
• For hypertensive patients with diabetes, blood pressure drops quicker with more frequent interactions with clinicians

Clinicians & Providers

• Aging causes changes in the brain's white matter, which is worsened by hypertension and other vascular problems
• Despite their helpfulness to guiding care, home blood pressure readings are rarely documented in routine clinical care
• For hypertensive patients with diabetes, blood pressure drops quicker with more frequent interactions with clinicians
• Physician-pharmacist teams can help lower blood pressure
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment
• Team-based care of patients with hypertension improves control of blood pressure
• Telephone counseling helps Korean Americans who speak little English improve hypertension management

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Aging causes changes in the brain's white matter, which is worsened by hypertension and other vascular problems
• Blacks hospitalized for high blood pressure five times more often than
• Physician-pharmacist teams can help lower blood pressure
• Team-based care of patients with hypertension improves control of blood pressure

Policymaker Resources

• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment

Research Activities Newsletter Articles

November 1 2012 20121101

Study finds personal health records do not impact hypertension care

April 1 2012 20120401

Self-measured blood pressure monitoring to manage hypertension may offer a small benefit

March 31 2012 20120331

Study provides rare look at patterns of use and spending for physical therapy

March 1 2012 20120301

Nine percent of adults with hypertension have resistant hypertension

January 1 2012 20120101

Report explores prevalence of hypertension and use of antihypertensive drugs

December 1 2011 20111201

Updated report compares the effectiveness and risks of popular hypertension medications

July 1 2011 20110701

Sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension affect in-hospital outcomes of noncardiac surgery

April 1 2011 20110401

Korean Americans with high blood pressure who are confident they can achieve blood pressure control are more likely to do so

April 1 2011 20110401

Obese patients with hypertension and diabetes have a greater risk of dying after noncardiac surgery

April 1 2011 20110401

One in four U.S. adults reported having high blood pressure in 2008

December 1 2010 20101201

Despite their helpfulness to guiding care, home blood pressure readings are rarely documented in routine clinical care

December 1 2010 20101201

For hypertensive patients with diabetes, blood pressure drops quicker with more frequent interactions with clinicians

December 1 2010 20101201

Telephone counseling helps Korean Americans who speak little English improve hypertension management

September 1 2010 20100901

Blacks hospitalized for high blood pressure five times more often than

June 1 2010 20100601

Physician-pharmacist teams can help lower blood pressure

May 1 2010 20100501

Team-based care of patients with hypertension improves control of blood pressure

April 1 2010 20100401

Aging causes changes in the brain's white matter, which is worsened by hypertension and other vascular problems

News & Numbers

September 28 2011 20110928

One in Four Americans Treated for Hypertension

Other News & Events

• Aging causes changes in the brain's white matter, which is worsened by hypertension and other vascular problems
• Blacks hospitalized for high blood pressure five times more often than
• Despite their helpfulness to guiding care, home blood pressure readings are rarely documented in routine clinical care
• For hypertensive patients with diabetes, blood pressure drops quicker with more frequent interactions with clinicians
• Korean Americans with high blood pressure who are confident they can achieve blood pressure control are more likely to do so
• Nine percent of adults with hypertension have resistant hypertension
• Obese patients with hypertension and diabetes have a greater risk of dying after noncardiac surgery
• One in four U.S. adults reported having high blood pressure in 2008
• Physician-pharmacist teams can help lower blood pressure
• Report explores prevalence of hypertension and use of antihypertensive drugs
• Self-measured blood pressure monitoring to manage hypertension may offer a small benefit
• Sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension affect in-hospital outcomes of noncardiac surgery
• Study finds personal health records do not impact hypertension care
• Study provides rare look at patterns of use and spending for physical therapy
• Team-based care of patients with hypertension improves control of blood pressure
• Telephone counseling helps Korean Americans who speak little English improve hypertension management
• Updated report compares the effectiveness and risks of popular hypertension medications