This two-page factsheet outlines the key takeaways from the full guide, Guide for Management of Overdue Patients with Hypertension, and is designed as a resource for staff in your hypertension clinic.
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This one-page factsheet outlines the key takeaways from the full guide, Leading a Good Data Review Meeting, and is designed as a resource for staff in your hypertension clinic.
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The ultimate goal of a successful hypertension program is to improve blood pressure control at the population level. Establishing regular data review meetings to review program progress using the HEARTS360 dashboard can enhance decision-making and build a culture of quality and accountability for large-scale hypertension programs. Use the following four steps to identify, address, and track barriers to blood pressure control within your hypertension program.
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Program managers of large-scale hypertension programs can use the evidence-based interventions outlined in this new resource from Resolve to Save Lives to better track and manage patients overdue for a visit—and return them to care.
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In this new guide from Resolve to Save Lives, large-scale hypertension programs can better find patients who are overdue for a health visit and bring them back to care. Reducing loss to follow-up is a leading way to improve hypertension control and reduce deaths from heart attacks and strokes. Phone calls, text messages, and home visits keep patients retained in treatment.
Program managers can use this resource to support their staff to track and manage overdue patients and successfully get them the care they need.
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Updated in 2021
Short video with a step-by-step guide for health care workers on how to accurately measure blood pressure
Hypertension management training resource for health care workers
Excel spreadsheet to assist health facilities register new hypertension patients and calculate facility hypertension control rates (download)
Example of completed spreadsheet for registering new hypertension patients and calculating facility hypertension control rates (download)
Updated guidance on blood pressure measuring devices (2020)
Manual for hypertension program implementers at national and subnational levels
Checklist that can be used to survey resources in the clinic setting for a hypertension program
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives on why validated, digital blood pressure monitors are preferred.
Hypertension program monitoring visit checklist
Fact sheet with commons myths about hypertension
Video for health workers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Video for health care workers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Video for health workers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Video for health workers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Independent, peer-reviewed list from the British and Irish Hypertension Society
List of recommended devices from Hypertension Canada
Poster with tips for taking blood pressure correctly from Resolve to Save Lives
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives with best practices for clinicians
FAQs on hypertension management compiled by Resolve to Save Lives
