Introduction Hypertension is the major cause of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the world. Blood pressure control (BPC) is recognised as a key measure in the management of hypertension.

Objective The prescription-based Rx-risk index has previously been developed to measure multimorbidity. We aimed to adapt and evaluate the validity of the Rx-risk index in prediction of mortality ...

The current guideline-recommended clinic blood pressure (BP) measurement procedure takes nearly 10 minutes to complete and may not be feasible to implement in busy clinical practice settings.

Glucocorticoids (GS) are widely used in multiple medical indications due to their anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antiproliferative effects. Despite their effectiveness in treating ...

Using claims data to identify a predominant prenatal care (PNC) provider is not always straightforward, but it is essential for assessing access, cost, and outcomes. Previous algorithms applied ...

Paige McDonald and colleagues detail key domains, tools, and actions required to enact learning health systems for continuous intelligent improvement in healthcare Despite an increased focus on ...

1 Division of Biomedical Informatics, UCSD, San Diego, California, USA 2 Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSD, San Diego, California, USA Background Health information technology (HIT) systems have the ...