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Hypertension at North Street Medical Care Processes and Outcomes as at March 2001

Hypertension at North Street Medical Care Processes and Outcomes as at March 2001. This audit looks at:. Record keeping Systems Processes Outcomes. Record keeping & systems. Process of care by individual clinicians Accuracy of documentation Last 20 dedicated hypertension consultations.

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Hypertension at North Street Medical Care Processes and Outcomes as at March 2001

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  1. Hypertension at North Street Medical CareProcesses and Outcomesas at March 2001

  2. This audit looks at: • Record keeping • Systems • Processes • Outcomes

  3. Record keeping & systems • Process of care by individual clinicians • Accuracy of documentation • Last 20 dedicated hypertension consultations

  4. Correct documentation • Read code entry for hypertension clinic • Use of hypertension template • Recall date

  5. Results

  6. Process • As per protocol • BP 6monthly • Other parameters where not recorded in last 14 months • Action taken

  7. Patients with Hypertension • Defined as: • On active hypertension register OR • Read Code entry in medical history for hypertension OR • Seen in hypertension clinic in the last 5 years

  8. Summary • Half our known hypertensives are within the current clinic • 86% have had a BP in the last 14 months, but only 70% on non-clinic attenders • 17% of these have had no BP for 2 years or more • Over ¾ of our known hypertensives are on Rx • Of those not on Rx, over half their last BP was outside current BHS guidelines • A third of all known patients have BPs outside of current BHS targets • Of these 12% are on 3 or more medications

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