title: Blood Pressure Visit Intensification Study in Treatment: Trial design.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a presumption that, for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), early follow-up, that is, within 4 weeks of an elevated reading, improves BP control. However, data are lacking regarding effective interventions for increasing clinician frequency of follow-up visits and whether such interventions improve BP control.
  
  
  METHODS
  Blood Pressure Visit Intensification Study in Treatment involves a multimodal approach to improving intensity of follow-up in 12 community health centers using a stepped wedge study design.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study will inform effective interventions for increasing frequency of follow-up visits among patients with uncontrolled BP and determine whether increasing follow-up frequency is associated with better BP control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. Electronic address: kevin_fiscella@urmc.rochester.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fiscella
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Gbenga
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ogedegbe
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.affiliation: Clinical Directors Network (CDN), New York, NY.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cassells
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Mechelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.affiliation: Clinical Directors Network (CDN), New York, NY.
authors.forename: Chamanara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Khalida
authors.affiliation: Clinical Directors Network (CDN), New York, NY.
authors.forename: Brianna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: D'Orazio
authors.affiliation: Clinical Directors Network (CDN), New York, NY; Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Jonathan N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Tobin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents