In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Dr. Mark Pletcher of the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Rhonda Cooper-DeHoff of the University of Florida, and Dr. Alanna Chamberlain of the Mayo Clinic will present “BP Track: National Surveillance for Blood Pressure Control and Related Process Metrics Using PCORnet.” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, April 29, at 1:00 pm eastern.
The BP Control Laboratory Surveillance System, or BP Track, is a serial, EHR-based, cross-sectional study of blood pressure control across the United States built on PCORnet. BP Track queries submitted through PCORnet are used to produce blood pressure control metrics for a series of 1-year measurement periods using blood pressure measurements obtained as part of standard clinical care, medication prescribing, and other EHR data linked to healthcare encounters.