BP Control
BP Control was the Core Research Project of the PRC at UMass Chan from 2019-2024. The project was led by Milagros C. Rosal, PhD in partnership with Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center and Family Health Center of Worcester, which are two local community health centers with a focus on improving hypertension control among patients. The project studied the costs, return on investment, and blood pressure control groups among groups of people with higher rates of uncontrolled blood pressure.
BP Control is an evidence-based, systems-level, quality improvement program that is comprised of five components.
The BP Control Coach, who is a specifically-trained Community Health Worker, coached patients to take these anti-hypertensive medications as they were prescribed and communicated with the rest of the clinical team. Many patients were able to control their hypertension with the assistance of the BP Control CHW Coach and clinical team!
Read the BP Control Manual of Operations that is written for community health center leadership, clinical staff, and quality improvement teams as they consider implementing the BP Control program, or are taking steps to implement it.
1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Control Hypertension. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General; 2020.
2Choudhry NK, Kronish IM, Vongpatanasin W, Ferdinand KC, Pavlik VN, Egan BM, Schoenthaler A, Houston Miller N, Hyman DJ; American Heart Association Council on Hypertension; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Council on Clinical Cardiology. Medication Adherence and Blood Pressure Control: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Hypertension. 2022 Jan;79(1):e1-e14. doi: 10.1161/HYP.0000000000000203. Epub 2021 Oct 7. PMID: 34615363.
