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Evaluating the Impact of Data Visualization with China-PAR on Hypertension Management in Primary Care: A Pilot Study [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Although data visualization is gaining traction in the hypertension, its use in health education and information dissemination is still underutilized. Objective This study aims to investigate the impact of data visualization using China-PAR on managing hypertension among primary care patients.

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Intensity of medication review activities in private and public clinics [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: One private primary care clinic and two clinics of a safety net hospital system that serves inner-city populations with significant socio-economic challenges. vs 28.2%), numbers of prescription medications (6[5;9] vs 6 [5;8]), and prevalent conditions requiring medications, including hypertension (81.5

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Hypertension with Dr. Nina Vasavada

Louisville Lectures

Nina Vasavada presents Hypertension by first discussing a general approach to ambulatory patients with elevated blood pressure. She then presents primary versus secondary hypertension, and ends her discussion on hypertension management in special populations. Vasavada, M.D.

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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

And, as the NEJM article points out, there are no financial incentives to have nurses or other non-providers manage routine problems like hypertension in our current system. The drugs are better, but the way patients engage with doctors during office visits and hospital stays is unchanged.

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Chronic Kidney Disease with Dr. Gunjan Garg

Louisville Lectures

After, she discusses hypertension, dyslipidemia, management, and so on. She completed medical school at Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, her residency at Saint Vincent Hospital, and her fellowship at the University of Michigan. Her clinical expertise is in Nephrology. Learn more here.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

education, income, number of previous hospitalizations) that also lead to clinical outcomes, not only race-based stratification. However, the diagnostic approach used to determine changes in clinical management of renal disease (i.e. This can contribute to a more holistic understanding of disease progression and management.

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Reasoning during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Clinical Problem Solvers

No prior history of atrial fibrillation – just hypertension and diabetes. Many parts of the country are currently experiencing dramatic surges in cases, with entire hospitals in New York being dedicated to the care of COVID-19 patients. Yet, managing uncertainty is the “name of the game” in diagnostic reasoning.

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