There is a significant gap between provider self-reported practices and actual reassessment and referral rates for ED patients with elevated blood pressure, highlighting an area for quality improvement.
Highlights ED hypertension care gap; hypothesis-generating for quality improvement strategies.
Reassessment and referral of discharged ED patients with elevated BP was infrequent and health-care providers overestimate their reassessment and referral efforts.
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