Team-based care to improve blood pressure control is recommended for cardiovascular disease prevention and control on the basis of strong evidence of effectiveness in improving the proportion of patients with controlled blood pressure and in reducing systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure. Team-based care to improve blood pressure control is a health systems-level, organizational intervention that incorporates a multidisciplinary team to improve the quality of hypertension care for patients. Team-based care is established by adding new staff or changing the roles of existing staff to work with a primary care provider.

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Reduce Injury, Reduce Mortality, Effect Health System Change, Healthcare, Public Health, Secondary Prevention, Clinical Practice, Behavioral & Social, Patients

Guide To Community Preventive Services [Internet]. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Community Guide Branch; [updated 2013 Mar 14]. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control: Team-Based Care to Improve Blood Pressure Control; [updated 2012 Jul 17; cited 2013 Feb 13]. Available from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/cvd/teambasedcare.html