What successful self-measured BP looks like in practice

When a patient is willing to partner with their physician in gaining control of high blood pressure, the results can be rewarding for both parties. That partnership is both important and surprisingly simple. A resident physician gives an inside look at how her medical center implemented self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring and is engaging patients in the advancement of their own health. At Family Health Center at Medstar Franklin Square in Baltimore, physicians incorporated SMBP monitoring in their practice in a way that has helped patients with high blood pressure take control of their health. The practice implemented SMBP monitoring when it collaborated with the AMA and Johns Hopkins Medicine as part of the M.A.P. program—measure accurately, act rapidly and partner with patients, families and communities), said Crystal Peralta, MD, a third-year resident physician at Franklin Square. “Our project is a culmination of ideas that we brainstormed together as a team,” Dr. Peralta said. “It also incorporates ideas that we gathered from other family programs who were experiencing success with their own home blood pressure monitoring initiatives.”    Patient engagement was initially very high and has continued to grow at Franklin Square. How patients are identified for SMBP The practice began incorporating SMBP into its regular routine as an effort to more accurately identify the true blood pressures of its patients. Studies show that patients’ pr...
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