The Sixteenth Street Community Health Center (FQHC) in Wisconsin developed this follow-up protocol to use after identifying of people with undiagnosed hypertension in their electronic medical record. This protocol is used for initial blood pressure screenings and follow up visits.
The Green County Health Department (Wisconsin) updated and revised its Adult Blood Pressure Screening Policy to guide staff on protocols for accurate blood pressure measurement and screening. The policy includes counseling, referrals, and follow-up interventions to use during community-based screenings.
Dental clinic blood pressure screening protocol, developed by North Dakota Department of Health and used by Valley Community Health Centers in North Dakota.
Poster used as a visual to summarize Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) project. Target audience includes community members, public health programs, other jurisdictions, funders, and partners.
Process developed to highlight three steps for blood pressure screening in community settings in Palau: identifying high blood pressure reading; navigate patient to a secondary site to reassess patient for hypertension; refer patient to provider for hypertension diagnosis.
This resource, from UT Health Northeast, lays out the protocol and flowchart for the health system's hypertension program. The program includes referral to services and options for both patients that do or do not commit to the hypertension program.
This resource documents the policy and procedure of the Jasper Newton County Public Health Department's Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program. This program, in collaboration with the Texas Department of State Health Service's Self-Measured Blood Pressure monitoring project, has the intended purpose of improving blood pressure control among patients in the county.
The Monroe Clinic in Wisconsin developed a protocol for handing off a patient with hypertension within the clinic setting for registered nurses, liscensed practical nurses, medical assistant, and certified nurses assistants. The protocol includes guidance on when, how, and why to refer patients with different blood pressure readings.
This is a Collaborative Practice Agreement between a pharmacist and physician granting clinical privilege to the pharmacist in accordance with the Connecticut Pharmacy Practice Act. The purpose of this agreement is to optimize patient outcomes in the area of hypertension by integrating medication therapy management into the care of patients via a collaborative practice agreement between a pharmacist and a physician. This resource includes descriptions of the clinical activities granted to the pharmacist, clinical guidelines, and a hypertension protocol.
An illustrated sequence of hypertension control interventions carried out through community-clinical linkages in Green County, Wisconsin.
This flowchart shows the protocol for patients who come for a visit and are referred into the Passport to Hypertension Services (programs requiring formal registration).