TY - JOUR AU - Shaw, Kate M. AU - Handler, Joel AU - Wall, Hilary K. AU - Kanter, Michael H. PY - 2014 TI - Improving Blood Pressure Control in a Large Multiethnic California Population Through Changes in Health Care Delivery, 2004-2012 T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E191 VL - 11 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - The Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Kaiser) health care system succeeded in improving hypertension control in a multiethnic population by adopting a series of changes in health care delivery. Data from the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) was used to assess blood pressure control from 2004 through 2012. Hypertension control increased overall from 54% to 86% during that period, and 80% or more in every subgroup, regardless of race/ethnicity, preferred language, or type of health insurance plan. Health care delivery changes improved hypertension control across a large multiethnic population, which indicates that health care systems can achieve a clinical target goal of 70% for hypertension control in their populations. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140173 DO - 10.5888/pcd11.140173 ER -