March 5, 2009Open Access

Provider Self-Report and Practice: Reassessment and Referral of Emergency Department Patients With Elevated Blood Pressure

BBBrigitte M. BaumannCooper Medical School of Rowan University DCDavid ClineAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist JCJ. J. CienkiUniversity of Miami

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Population

Discharged emergency department patients with elevated blood pressure and health-care providers

Outcome

Rates of reassessment and referral for elevated blood pressure

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.

Abstract

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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