North Dakota Tests Innovative Health IT Approaches to Improve Hypertension Identification and Control in Workplaces
March 25, 2019
Through the ASTHO/CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Learning Collaborative, funded by CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, the North Dakota Department of Health partnered with a diverse set of stakeholders, including local health units, emergency medical services professionals, payers, and health systems. This report highlights how the health department and its partners tested health information technology approaches to improve blood pressure measurement and referral systems in eight local health units and one tribal jurisdiction.