Course: Treating Patients With Hypertension: What's the Rx?
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2022-11-17
The Million Hearts Learning Lab is a bi-monthly learning series focused on cardiovascular disease prevention and management topics. The series is open to clinicians, quality improvement, and other interested staff across the country, but with a focus on community health centers. Clinicians may earn 1.0 CME credit per session and up to 6.0 credits for attending the full series through the American Medical Association's Ed Hub.
This project aims to utilize a mixed-method learning model to host bi-monthly “events”. Please watch the videos below, then select “Take Quiz” to earn CME.
Video 1
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Medication Treatment Intensification to Improve Blood Pressure Control
Listen to this brief discussion on medication treatment intensification for patients with hypertension.
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Treating Patients With Hypertension: What's the Rx?
Trained family physicians will discuss recommendations and evidence supporting the use of multiple medication classes for controlling blood pressure and identify barriers to using multiple medication classes. This is followed by a discussion on how to integrate the multiple medication classes into treatment for patients with hypertension.
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss recommendations and evidence supporting the use of multiple medication classes for controlling blood pressure (BP)
2. Identify barriers to using multiple medication classes to treat patients with hypertension
3. Discuss how to integrate the use of multiple medication classes into treatment for patients with hypertension, including the use of single-pill combination medications
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