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Blood Pressure Management Education, Lauren G. Gernon, Cara Rathmell
Blood Pressure Management Education, Lauren G. Gernon, Cara Rathmell
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The expansion of telehealth with COVID-19 and recent recommendations to use at-home blood pressure monitoring to diagnose and monitor hypertension have increased the need for materials and education for clinicians and patients. A pilot project in Primary Care Internal Medicine UVM in Essex, VT, produced an electronic medical record dot phrase and compiled educational materials to initiate nurse visits for at-home BP measurements. Materials and experience with this pilot was researched for initiation of a similar program at UVM Family Medicine Hinesburg.