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Guideline title: Blood Pressure Screening and Control<\/h4>\n

Publication Status:<\/strong> Active<\/p>\n

Date of publication<\/strong>: January 28th, 2026<\/p>\n

Date of last evidence search: <\/strong>2025<\/p>\n

Scope:\u00a0<\/strong>Blood pressure measurement and screening for hypertension, individualized blood pressure management and goals, integrated team-based care to support whole person health and reduce inequities, and quality improvement and data insights utilizing the HEDIS Controlling Blood Pressure (CBP) measure and other data sources<\/p>\n

Methods:<\/strong> Current guidelines and literature review and expert consensus<\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Hypertension impacts about half of American adults, while only around a quarter have their hypertension under control. Hypertension prevalence and control varies between subpopulations, and these inequities are rooted not only in contemporary social and economic barriers but also in a long history of systemic racism, structural discrimination, and inequitable access to conditions that promote health. Practices such as redlining (residential segregation by race), underinvestment in communities of color, and exclusion from economic and educational opportunities have shaped the environments in which people live, work, and age. This environment influences diet, physical activity, housing access and quality, exposure to environmental stressors, and access to health care\u2014factors all closely linked to risk for chronic conditions like hypertension. In addition, chronic stress associated with discrimination has been linked to hypertension, through physiological and behavioral pathways, compounding the effects across generations. Eliminating these inequities in Washington state will take coordinated, multilevel strategies that span sectors outside of healthcare. This report and guidelines focuses on the healthcare ecosystem\u2019s role in addressing hypertension screening, control, and equity.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Blood Pressure Screening and Control Message Board” color=”peacoc” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffhqc.qualityhealth.org%2Fmembers%2Fforum%2Ftopic_list.php%3Fbid%3D4694603″][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Read On-line” tab_id=”1703186248897-f7b6a2ea-2141″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Blood Pressure Screening and Control Report and Guidelines<\/a><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Implementation Checklists by Audience” tab_id=”1703186250685-3ecc7e78-b55e”][vc_column_text]The checklist tool\u00a0 translates the Bree guidelines into action steps for that sector. The action items have been arranged into levels 1, 2, and 3 to correspond to the difficulty level of implementing the action into the sectors\u2019 setting. Bree staff co-created the checklists with report workgroup members and topic experts.[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”Primary Care Settings & Professionals\u00a0” css=””]Level 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Level 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Level 3<\/a>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Health Plan” css=””]Level 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Level 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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