Essentials, Resources, and Equity in Modern Care
This vodcast explores the role of telehealth in hypertension management, covering its definition and the key components for a successful virtual visit, such as self-measured blood pressure and treatment protocols.
Mastering The Art and Science of Hypertension Management
In this vodcast episode, we dissect evidence-based approaches to hypertension management, from lifestyle interventions to single-pill combination therapies.
Presenter: Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA
Hypertension increases with age and treatment-resistant hypertension exists within the US population. Participants in this activity will learn about treatment options for patients with resistant hypertension, how to address healthcare disparities in treatment and management, and shared decision-making strategies to improve health equity.
Presenters: Sandra J. Taler, MD and Raymond R. Townsend, MD
Moderator: Nirupama Ramkumar, MD
In this activity you will learn from experts in the field about treating resistant hypertensive patients using renal denervation. We will focus on patient selection, assessment, management, procedural considerations, and follow-up.
Supported by an education grant from Medtronic.
Presenters: Vivek Bhalla, MD; Robert Carey, MD, MACP; Jordana Cohen, MD, MSCE
Moderator: Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD
Contributing to a high prevalence of hypertension is suboptimal awareness and blood pressure (BP) control. The continual increase in high blood pressure and poor rates of control indicates the need for improved assessment and management of resistant hypertension. Resistant hypertension is blood pressure that remains above goal despite concurrent use of three or more BP lowering medications of differing drug classification. Launch this activity to learn more about resistant hypertension therapy options.
Presenters: Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAHA; Giv Heidari-Bateni, MD
Moderator: Eunjoo An, PhD, RN
Shared decision-making has become a method to enhance patient involvement in health care decisions, patient-provider communication, and patient-centered care. When selecting the best hypertension management plan, your patients may have different goals and preferences for treatment. Adherence may be increased if the plan aligns with the patient’s preferences. In this webinar you will learn how to engage your patients and incorporate shared decision making into your practice. Barriers to implementing strategies will also be discussed.
Supported by an education grant from Medtronic.
Presenters: Keith Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA, John M. Flack, MD, MPH, FAHA, FASH, MACP, Karol Watson, MD, PhD
Moderator: Olethia Chisolm, MD
In this informative webinar, experts in the field will discuss healthcare disparities in hypertension treatment and management. Strategies will be presented to reach blood pressure control for all patients. With your help, patients with hypertension will see improved outcomes.
Supported by an education grant from Medtronic.
Unmet Needs in Hypertension
Managing hypertension is complex as you consider aspects of taking multiple medications, lifestyle changes with diet and physical activity, and learning monitoring of blood pressure at home. As supported by guideline recommendations, team-based care among multidisciplinary healthcare professionals is important to optimize blood pressure control. Our discussion focuses on the experience at the Trinity Free Clinic in Carmel, Indiana in which a multidisciplinary team successfully manages patient hypertension.
Lifestyle: Decisions for Daily Life
Weight management, physical activity, and a heart-healthy diet are key behaviors in managing blood pressure and essential to lifelong good health. What role do clinicians play in shared decision-making discussions with hypertensive patients around daily lifestyle decisions? What steps can clinicians take in providing guideline informed hypertension management that is equitable? Listen as a cardiologist and two nephrologists share their experiences and consider how to help patients address behavior modification barriers for those living with hypertension.
While patients may have different goals and preferences for treatment, which can make selecting the best hypertension management plan difficult, adherence may be increased if the plan aligns with the patient’s preferences. What approaches in shared decision-making may improve adherence?
In this episode clinicians and a patient discuss changes in terminology when talking about patient compliance to the use of adherence and non-adherence. These changes are part of the larger shift to shared decision-making in patient care. Listen and learn how to employ shared decision-making across a range of care settings.
Home blood pressure monitoring is informative but inaccessible for some outside of strengthened clinical support. Current guidelines comprehensively address how to define, measure, and treat high blood pressure, and yet hypertension management in special patient populations has not been systematically addressed. Listen and learn how clinicians can utilize shared decision-making to better engage patients in their health care and support improved health equity.
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Contributing to a high prevalence of hypertension is suboptimal awareness and blood pressure control. More than one-third of US adults (38.8%) are not aware they have hypertension.1 Although awareness of hypertension has improved in the last 2 decades, data from 2015-2018 indicate that only 50.4% of adults with hypertension are receiving treatment, and only 21.6% have their blood pressure controlled.1 Awareness, treatment, and control of high blood pressure differs by race/ethnicity, with Mexican American males having the lowest prevalence of awareness, treatment, or control.1 The continual increase in high blood pressure prevalence indicates the need for improved assessment and management of hypertension.
