ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Providence Family Medicine Center has been recognized by the American Heart Association and American Medical Association for its commitment to improving blood pressure (BP) control rates, earning Silver-level recognition as part of Target: BP.
The Silver achievement award recognizes practices that have demonstrated commitment to improving blood pressure control through BP measurement accuracy.
Additionally, three Providence Medical Group Primary Care locations — Huffman, Midtown and S Tower — received the Participation achievement award for submitting data to Target: BP for the first time.
Participating in the program helps improve patient outcomes and gives health care teams access to quality improvement resources to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and management of BP.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a leading risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and preventable death in the U.S. There are 122.4 million U.S. adults living with hypertension. That is nearly half of all adults in the country. And only 1 in 4 adults with hypertension have their blood pressure under control (source).
In the U.S., heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 causes of death, respectively, and stroke is a leading cause of disability.
Target: BP is a national initiative formed by the American Heart Association and American Medical Association in response to the high prevalence of uncontrolled blood pressure. The initiative aims to help health care organizations and care teams, at no cost, improve blood pressure control rates through an evidence-based quality improvement program and recognizes organizations that are committed to improving blood pressure control.
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