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healthy living: a key component to hypertension control
 Living a healthy lifestyle, comprised of eating a nutrient-dense diet and the inclusion of regular physical activity, is an important focal point of blood pressure treatment. Lifestyle changes that have been shown to be effective include weight loss, healthy diet, reduced intake of dietary sodium, enhanced intake of dietary potassium, physical activity, and moderation in alcohol intake.
The American Heart Association (AHA) promotes the following resources as options for patients who are ready to engage in lifestyle improvement activities:
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patient empowerment: making medication adherence a priority
 Medication adherence
is critical to successful hypertension control for many patients. However, only 51% of Americans treated for hypertension follow their health care professional's advice when it comes to their long-term medication therapy.
As a health care professional, you can empower patients to take their medications as prescribed. Effective two-way communication is critical; in fact, it doubles the odds of your patients taking their medications properly. Learn more about predictors of non-adherence and methods you can use to help your patients by viewing the following resources:
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patient resource:
lifestyle changes to manage hypertension
Quality Insights developed a handy patient resource,
Lifestyle Change to Manage Hypertension, which offers some guidelines and additional tools around how small lifestyle improvements, like diet, physical activity, and dietary sodium intake reduction, can make big impacts on blood pressure control.
Quality Insights encourages you to
download and share this resource with your patients with hypertension.
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health tracking apps: get rewarded to track your health with your smartphone
 There is a wide variety of health tracking apps available that allow users to do everything from tracking diet, logging exercise time, and entering blood pressure readings, to calculating heart rate and calories burned, storing key health information, and keeping tabs on your blood glucose and insulin levels.
Many of these apps are tied to retailers with programs that reward people for actively tracking their health information and taking steps towards healthier lifestyles.
One example is Walgreen's Balance Rewards for Healthy Choices program. Users earn points by completing physical activity and healthy lifestyle challenges for four weeks. These points can then result in Walgreens discounts both at the register and towards the purchase of a home blood pressure monitoring device.
Click here to learn more.
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online education: webinars & e-courses
 Webinar: Project ECHO Introduction: Our Mission, Model & Impact
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ECHO Institute hosts this great opportunity to hear a 90-minute overview of the ECHO model and how it started, interact with others learning about ECHO for the first time, and meet members of the ECHO team.
Quality Insights is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Project ECHO, an innovative program that offers providers helpful information about the treatment and management of patients with hypertension and diabetes. Project ECHO is a collaborative model of medical education and care management that empowers clinicians everywhere to provide better care to more people, right where they live. If you have interest in participating in Project ECHO, please contact your local Quality Insights representative.
This one-hour webinar from the American Heart Association/American Medical Association (AHA/AMA), recorded in August 2018, trains physicians and clinical teams on the "Act Rapidly" component of the M.A.P. Framework. Acting rapidly to manage high blood pressure is a key component to Target: BP's ability to improve blood pressure control. This is accomplished by using a combination of an evidence-based treatment protocol, having patients return frequently for follow-up until their blood pressure is controlled, single-pill combination therapy, and incorporating feedback metrics whenever possible to drive improvement for the care of patients. 1 CME credit is available upon completion.
Explore the latest in hypertension, including the epidemiology, prevention, treatment, and long-term outcomes of high blood pressure. Courses are eligible for CME credit and are offered
in a variety of formats, including video, audio, and written articles.
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 mark your calendar: upcoming events
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This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number NU58DP2018006563 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Publication number: DEDPH-HD-112219
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