Use of Electronic Health Records to Characterize Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension in Two Large Health System Networks.
Daisy S MasseyEllen C KeeleyEric BarretteRhonda M Cooper-DeHoffSanket S DhruvaJenny GaffneyGinger GambleBonnie HandkeChenxi HuangHarlan M KrumholzCaitrin W McDonough RoweWade SchulzKathryn ShawMyra SmithJennifer WoodardPatrick YoungKeondae ErvinJoseph R RossPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
Computable definitions can be successfully applied to health system EHR data to conduct population surveillance for hypertension and identify patients with uncontrolled hypertension who may benefit from additional treatment.