Publications by authors named "Jenny Gaffney"
Article Synopsis
- Improving the control of hypertension is crucial for public health, but accurately identifying uncontrolled hypertension using electronic health records (EHR) is challenging across different health systems.
- A retrospective study analyzed EHR data from two health systems—Yale-New Haven Health System and OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium—covering adult patients with hypertension from October 2015 to December 2018 to assess their blood pressure control status.
- The study found that a significant percentage of patients had uncontrolled hypertension, with notably higher rates among Black patients compared to White patients, highlighting disparities in hypertension management.
Background: Improving hypertension control is a public health priority. However, consistent identification of uncontrolled hypertension using computable definitions in electronic health records (EHR) across health systems remains uncertain.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we applied two computable definitions to the EHR data to identify patients with controlled and uncontrolled hypertension and to evaluate differences in characteristics, treatment, and clinical outcomes between these patient populations.
Background: Improving hypertension control is a public health priority. However, uncertainty remains regarding the optimal way to identify patients with uncontrolled hypertension using electronic health records (EHR) data.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we applied computable definitions to the EHR data to identify patients with controlled and uncontrolled hypertension and to evaluate differences in characteristics, treatment, and clinical outcomes between these patient populations.