Drivers and scorecards to improve hypertension control in primary care practice: Recommendations from the HEARTS in the Americas Innovation GroupFatores impulsionadores e scorecards para melhorar o controle da hipertensão arterial na atenção primária: recomendações do Grupo de Inovação da Iniciativa HEARTS nas Américas

• Published in: Revista panamericana de salud pública Vol. 46; p. e56
• Main Authors: Brettler, Jeffrey W, Giraldo Arcila, Gloria P, Aumala, Teresa, Best, Allana, Campbell, Norm Rc, Cyr, Shana, Gamarra, Angelo, Jaffe, Marc G, De la Rosa, Mirna Jimenez, Maldonado, Javier, Neira Ojeda, Carolina, Haughton, Modesta, Malcolm, Taraleen, Perez, Vivian, Rodriguez, Gonzalo, Rosende, Andres, Valdes Gonzalez, Yamile, Wood, Peter W, Zuñiga, Eric, Ordunez, Pedro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: United States 2022
• Subjects: Americas; Noncommunicable diseases; quality of health care; cardiovascular diseases; hypertension

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Americas, and hypertension is the most significant modifiable risk factor. However, hypertension control rates remain low, and CVD mortality is stagnant or rising after decades of continuing reduction. In 2016, the W...