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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WHO’s first-ever report on the global burden of high blood pressure and the progress made to manage the disease.
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In the Journal of American College of Cardiology International, a summary of success, progress, and lessons learned during the first five years of the HEARTS initiative.
Study estimating time spent by staff nurses on hypertension and other NCD activities in primary care facilities and time savings from the Simple app
Implementer report on the Simple mobile app from BMJ Health & Care Informatics
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A practical guide to a patient-centered approach to integrating hypertension and HIV care using differentiated service delivery
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A hypertension control package for the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2)—a free, open-source health management data platform.
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Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives with six steps to implementing a successful national hypertension control program.
Hypertension management training resource for health care workers
Online training course aimed at program managers and implementers
Online training course for primary care physicians, nurses and others health workers
Excel spreadsheet to assist health facilities register new hypertension patients and calculate facility hypertension control rates (download)
A guide that expands upon the WHO’s team-based care module of the HEARTS technical package, providing guidance and resources to assist in implementing team-based care for hypertension at the primary health care facility level
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Our guide for program managers starting up national or subnational hypertension control programs, broken down into six steps and and supported by practical tools from our hypertension control resource library and the WHO HEARTS technical package and adaptable to the local program and setting.
Technical package including process improvements that outpatient clinical settings can implement to improve hypertension control rates
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
Case studies on the implementation of HEARTS from 18 countries
Hypertension program monitoring visit checklist
Simplified indicators adapted from the WHO HEARTS “S” module by Resolve to Save Lives
Recommendations for low- and middle-income country settings from Resolve to Save Lives
WHO HEARTS package tool for treatment protocol development
Template with proposed members and terms of reference
FAQs on hypertension management compiled by Resolve to Save Lives
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WHO’s technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care
