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This quality improvement intervention seeks to implement two Best Practice Alerts (BPAs) for use in cardiology clinics while simultaneously evaluating the impact of each BPA- one for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure and one for patients with atrial fibrillation not on anticoagulation.
Best Practice Alerts based will be created for hypertension and atrial fibrillation. Outpatient cardiology providers will be randomly allocated into one of three groups. The first group will receive the BPA for hypertension alone. The second group will receive the BPA for atrial fibrillation alone. The final group will receive both BPAs. The rate of blood pressure control for all patients and anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation in each group will be evaluated prior to and after the implementation of the BPAs to determine the effect of the BPA.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Atrial Fibrillation BPA | Other | The alert will notify providers when patients with atrial fibrillation are not on anticoagulation |
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| Hypertension BPA | Other | The alert will notify providers when patients have elevated blood pressure |
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| Atrial Fibrillation and Hypertension BPA | Other | Providers in this arm will receive both alerts |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Practice Alert based in the Electronic Medical Record | Other |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Rates of anticoagulation among patients with atrial fibrillation | 1 year | |
| Rates of hypertension control among patients seen by cardiology | 1 year |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D006973 | Hypertension |
| D001281 | Atrial Fibrillation |
| ID | Term |
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| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D001145 | Arrhythmias, Cardiac |
| D006331 | Heart Diseases |
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| D010335 |
| Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |