Livingston, Gretchen, Susan Minushkin, and D’Vera Cohn. Pew Hispanic Center Report: Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge. Pew Hispanic Center. Tomorrow I…
This is fourth of a multi-part series on a patient’s experience managing a chronic condition, in this case hypertension. A diagnosis has been made, and our patient has…
Many patients already self-monitor (55 %, do it, 64 % own a monitor) – many have not been trained how to monitor correctly, and may over monitor; the most accurate way to monitor is twice per day, once in the morning, once in the evening, for 7 days. … The estimates of “masked hypertension,” or high blood pressure that appears normal in the doctor’s office are probably much greater than the 10 % reported; many patients restart medications in advance of coming to see their physicians (“similar to flossing your teeth a week before the dentist appointment”).
This is second of a multi-part series on a patient’s experience managing a chronic condition, in this case hypertension. We’re now past the discovery that something may be…
This is first of a multi-part series on a patient’s experience managing a chronic condition, in this case hypertension. Click on the image to see it larger size…
We recently facilitated an exercise involving a patient, a clinical expert, and interested stakeholders at the California Healthcare Foundation, to look at the way a chronic condition (in…
Rickerby, J, and J Woodward. “Patients’ experiences and opinions of home blood pressure measurement.” J Hum Hypertens 17, no. 7 (0): 495-503. Pare, Guy, Mirou Jaana, and Claude…
Click on the image to see a much larger version…just 1 page. Issue & Focus The California Healthcare Foundation is dedicated to the improvement of the lives of…
If we want to change the way blood pressure is managed away from the doctor’s office and toward the place where it is managed best, we have to…
I was able to speak with Nancy Houston-Miller, RN, BSN, FAHA, about the future of blood pressure management today. She’s a national expert in the field, and has…