Resources: March 13, 2014, WIHI program
How High? How Low? Shared Decision Making Amidst Shifting (Hypertension) Guidelines
produced in collaboration with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Today’s guests:
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Craig W. Robbins, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Center for Clinical Information Services,
Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute
Don Goldmann, MD, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, IHI
Peter Basch, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Ambulatory EHR and Health IT Policy, Medstar
Health
Eric Peterson, MD, MPH, Director, Duke Clinical Research Institute; Professor of Medicine,
Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center
Resources
Today’s program focused on the newly released guidelines:
A JAMA Special Communication piece, “2014 Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of
High Blood Pressure in Adults: Report From the Panel Members Appointed to the Eighth Joint
National Committee (JNC 8)”
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1791497&resultClick=3
Here is a compilation of articles related to the guidelines published in JAMA online December 28,
2013.
http://jnc8.jamanetwork.com/
The JAMA editorials included in the compilation above:
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“Updated Guidelines for Management of High Blood Pressure: Recommendations, Review,
and Responsibility”
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1791423&resultClick=3
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“Recommendations for Treating Hypertension: What Are the Right Goals and Purposes?”
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1791422&resultClick=3
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“Assessing the Trustworthiness of the Guideline: for Management of High Blood Pressure
in Adults”
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1791421&resultClick=3
From the American Medical Group Foundation:
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A response to the release of the new guidelines
http://www.measureuppressuredown.com/HCProf/Webinars/responseToJNC.pdf
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Measure Up/Pressure Down webinar series
http://www.measureuppressuredown.com/HCProf/Find/webinars_find.asp
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An article in the Annals of Internal Medicine, “Evidence Supporting a Systolic Blood Pressure Goal
of Less Than 150 mm Hg in Patients Aged 60 Years or Older: The Minority View,” published
online January 14, 2014
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1813288&resultClick=3
A National Committee for Quality Assurance “Draft Document for HEDIS 2015 Public Comment –
Proposed Changes to Existing Measure for HEDIS®1 2015: Controlling High Blood Pressure
(CBP)”
http://www.ncqa.org/Portals/0/HomePage/CBP.pdf
Two Institute of Medicine/National Academies Press reports from March 2011:
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“Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust,” by the Committee on Standards for
Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines
o Report Brief
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines-We-CanTrust/Report-Brief.aspx
o Report
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines-We-Can-Trust.aspx
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“Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews”
o Report
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Finding-What-Works-in-Health-Care-Standardsfor-systematic-Reviews.aspx
The announcement of winners of the 2013 Hypertension Control Challenge, part of the Million
Hearts national initiative in the US, launched by the Department of Health and Human Services in
September 2011 to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017
http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/index.html
Finally, host Madge Kaplan encouraged participants to learn about a new initiative related to
today’s topic, IHI’s Escape Velocity
http://www.ihi.org/Engage/Initiatives/EscapeVelocity/Pages/default.aspx
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