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Le Wright Center for Community Health est reconnu au niveau national pour ses efforts visant à améliorer le contrôle de la tension artérielle.
Le Wright Center for Community Health a été reconnu par l'American Heart Association et l'American Medical Association pour son engagement à améliorer les taux de contrôle de la pression artérielle (PA), en obtenant une reconnaissance de niveau argent dans le cadre de Target : BP.
Le Silver Award récompense les pratiques qui ont démontré leur engagement à améliorer le contrôle de la tension artérielle grâce à la précision des mesures.
L'hypertension artérielle est l'un des principaux facteurs de risque de crise cardiaque, d'accident vasculaire cérébral et de décès évitables aux États-Unis. 122,4 millions d'adultes américains vivent avec l'hypertension, soit près de la moitié de tous les adultes du pays. Malheureusement, seul un quart d'entre eux contrôlent leur tension artérielle, ce qui rend le diagnostic et la prise en charge efficace essentiels. Aux États-Unis, les maladies cardiaques et les accidents vasculaires cérébraux sont les premières et cinquièmes causes de décès, et les accidents vasculaires cérébraux sont l'une des principales causes d'invalidité.
“Optimal blood pressure management is key for better cardiovascular health and critical today, when heart disease and stroke continue to be leading causes of death for adults in the U.S.,” said Jignesh Y. Sheth, M.D., FACP, MPH, senior vice president and chief medical and information officer at The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education. “High blood pressure is a leading risk factor of heart disease and stroke that can often be prevented or managed if diagnosed and treated properly.”
Target: BP is a national initiative formed by the American Heart Association and American Medical Association in response to the high prevalence of uncontrolled blood pressure, the initiative aims to help health care organizations and care teams, at no cost, improve blood pressure control rates through an evidence-based quality improvement program and recognizes organizations, such as The Wright Center for Community Health, that are committed to improving blood pressure control.
“By committing to helping more people in Northeast Pennsylvania control their blood pressure and reduce their risks for future heart disease and stroke, The Wright Center for Community Health is taking a key step to helping more people live longer, healthier lives,” said Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Ph.D., MHS, RN, FAHA, Target: BP advisory group volunteer and associate professor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. “The Wright Center for Community Health’s participation in the Target: BP initiative shows its dedication to turning clinical guidelines into lifelines for patients and their families.”
To learn more about the initiative, go to TargetBP.org.
As a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike and safety-net provider, The Wright Center serves vulnerable and medically underserved populations, regardless of age, ethnic background, ZIP code, insurance status, or ability to pay. It accepts all insurance plans and offers a sliding-fee discount program based on federal poverty guidelines that consider family size and income. No patient is ever turned away due to an inability to pay.
Headquartered in Scranton, The Wright Center operates 11 primary and preventive care community health centers in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Wyoming counties, as well as a mobile medical and dental unit called Driving Better Health, that deliver whole-person primary health services. Patients typically have the convenience of going to a single location to access integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health care, as well as community-based addiction treatment and recovery services.
