Course: Improving Blood Pressure in African Americans: Strategies for Achieving Equity
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2023-12-12
The Million Hearts Learning Lab is a bi-monthly learning series focused on cardiovascular disease prevention and management topics. The series is open to clinicians, quality improvement, and other interested staff across the country, but with a focus on community health centers. Clinicians may earn 1.0 CME credit per session through the American Medical Association's Ed Hub.
This project aims to utilize a mixed-method learning model to host bi-monthly “events”. Please watch the videos below, then select “Take Quiz” to earn CME.
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Prework: Improving Blood Pressure Control Among African Americans
The Million Hearts® Learning Lab focuses on cardiovascular disease prevention and management. In this pre-work video, featured experts will share current blood pressure control rates among African Americans and key actions and strategies that clinicians can take to improve control rates.
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Improving Blood Pressure Control Among African Americans: Strategies for Reducing Health Inequities
The Million Hearts® Learning Lab focuses on cardiovascular disease prevention and management. Featured experts will provide an overview of evidence-based practices to improve blood pressure control and reduce health inequities among African Americans and key actions that clinicians can take to make progress.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the current state of hypertension in African Americans
2. Review evidence-based practices to improve blood pressure control and reduce health inequities among African Americans
3. Discuss key actions that clinicians can take to make significant progress in getting hypertensive patients to control
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