Rhonda Cooper-DeHoff of UF analyzed patient records from 2017-2019 to find that blood pressure control rates were lower in Black patients when compared to other racial groups. Cooper-DeHoff notes that socioeconomic and health system factors contribute to these disparities.
“This is the first large-scale, longitudinal electronic health records-based blood pressure control surveillance study that provides a good perspective of what is happening at health systems around the country,” said Cooper-DeHoff. “What we found is that major opportunities exist for improving blood pressure control and reducing disparities.”
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