title: Towards a framework for better management of patients with hypertension.
abstract: Management of patients with hypertension is poor and novel tools are needed to identify patients whose clinical outcomes can be improved. We herein present a framework we have developed that can be used to identify patients who meet specific audit criteria related to poor management of hypertension. Identified patients would benefit from an immediate follow-up by a practice nurse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. thusitha@cs.auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Thusitha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mabotuwana
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008485:Medical Audit; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care