BP control. Improvement in a university medical clinic by use of a physician's associate.
Many hypertensive patients, especially those in outpatient clinics at large teaching hospitals, do not achieve BP control. We incorporated a physician's associate into an existing house staff medical clinic and evaluated whether this improved BP control. In patients with moderate or severe hypertension, BP control was achieved in 56% of patients observed by both the physician's associate and the house staff and in 32% of patients observed solely by house staff. Possible contributing factors were more frequent follow-up, simplification of drug regimens, reduced waiting time, more time spent with the patients, and overall greater satisfaction with the physician's associate. We conclude that the addition of a physician's associate to an outpatient clinic is an effective method for enhancing BP control. This can be achieved without establishing a separate hypertension clinic or depriving house staff of experience in the management of hypertension.
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- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Physician Assistants
- Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
- Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Hypertension
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Physician Assistants
- Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
- Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Hypertension
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female