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Target: BP Webinar: Data Platform Training
This special webinar will provide helpful tips to assist in navigating our new data submission platform for the Target: BP and Check. Change. Control. Recognition Programs. With both programs now on the same data submission platform, we’ll focus in navigating around the new technology. Whether you are a first-timer or an experienced participant in either ... Read more
Target: BP Connect Session – SMBP
Facilitators will kick off the conversation with a short review of the topic and invite participants to discuss how they have incorporated new processes into practice and talk about barriers they might be facing.
Target: BP Office Hours – Data Submission Q&A May 1
Facilitators will kick off the conversation with a short review of the topic and invite participants to talk about barriers they might be facing and answer questions. This will be an open format call for participants. All lines will be open.
CMS Proposed National Coverage Determination for ABPM – Public Comments
AHA and AMA have been advocating for policy changes to align coverage and reimbursement with best practices in blood pressure control. CMS has released a proposed National Coverage Determination (NCD) for ABPM. By May 9th, we hope that you will consider submitting public comments to CMS reflecting on how this additional coverage will benefit the ... Read more
Target: BP Office Hours – Data Submission Q&A May 20
Facilitators will kick off the conversation with a short review of the topic and invite participants to talk about barriers they might be facing and answer questions. This will be an open format call for participants. All lines will be open.
Target: BP Webinar: Translating AHA’s New Scientific Statement on the Measurement of Blood Pressure into Practice
This one-hour webinar will be used to train physicians and other care team members registered for the AHA/AMA joint Target: BP initiative, on the new Measurement of blood pressure (BP) in humans and demonstrate how resources available in Target: BP support translating the evidence into practice. The webinar will highlight the major recommendations of the ... Read more
Webinar: Improving Patients’ Health Through Blood Pressure Control
This webinar is available for all healthcare organizations in Illinois and will cover blood pressure measurement, self-measured blood pressure and Target: BP’s best practices to improve blood pressure control and individual health.
Target: BP Webinar – Success stories: Real action, real results
How one Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is using data to drive improvement in hypertension control Featuring Lester Hockenberry, MD, a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Family Christian Health Center in Harvey, IL, this webinar explores the experience of an FQHC piloting the M.A.P. BP Improvement Program. Learn how this health center ... Read more
Target: BP Success Stories Webinar – Small Steps, Big Impact
Featuring experts from Chicagoland AMITA Health Medical Center and Central Minnesota-based CentraCare Health, this webinar outlines the experience of two large health systems’ success in prioritizing BP control. Learn how these leading organizations have improved hypertension control rates system-wide as well as successes and barriers overcome on their quality improvement journeys.
2019 Hypertension Scientific Sessions
Join Us in New Orleans for THE Hypertension Conference of the Year With experts in the fields of hypertension and its relationship to cardiac and kidney disease, stroke, obesity, and genetics, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with cross-disciplinary researchers from around the world. Highlights include a “meeting within a meeting” for Primary Care ... Read more