Open AccessFormation of Community‐Based Hypertension Practice Networks: Success, Obstacles, and Lessons Learned
Author(s) -
Dart Richard A.,
Egan Brent M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/jch.12310
Subject(s) - medicine , key (lock) , quality (philosophy) , primary care , process management , family medicine , computer science , computer security , engineering , philosophy , epistemology
Community‐based practice networks for research and improving the quality of care are growing in size and number but have variable success rates. In this paper, the authors review recent efforts to initiate a community‐based hypertension network modeled after the successful O utpatient Q uality I mprovement N etwork (O' QUIN ) project, located at the M edical U niversity of S outh C arolina. Key lessons learned and new directions to be explored are highlighted.