Developing an Actionable Taxonomy of Persistent Hypertension Using Electronic Health Records.

Background: The digital transformation of medical data presents opportunities for novel approaches to manage patients with persistent hypertension. We sought to develop an actionable taxonomy of patients with persistent hypertension (defined as 5 or more consecutive measurements of blood pressure ≥160/100 mmHg over time) based on data from the electronic health records.

Methods: This qualitative study was a content analysis of clinician notes in the electronic health records of patients in the Yale New Haven Health System.

Primary care and medication management characteristics among patients receiving office-based opioid treatment with buprenorphine.

Background: Office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) is an evidence-based treatment model for opioid use disorder (OUD) offered by both addiction and general primary care providers (PCPs). Calls exist for more PCPs to offer OBOT. Few studies have been conducted on the primary care characteristics of OBOT patients.