Team-based Hypertension Care in the Clinic: A Success Story

Managing hypertension is complex as you consider aspects of taking multiple medications, making lifestyle changes with diet and physical activity, and learning self-monitoring of blood pressure at home. As supported by guideline recommendations, team-based care among multidisciplinary healthcare professionals is important to optimize blood pressure control. Our discussion focuses on the experience at the Trinity Free Clinic in Carmel, Indiana in which a multidisciplinary team successfully manages patient hypertension.