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HealthPartners receives $2.5 million research grant
Grant will fund study to improve care for people with high blood pressure
June 30, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The National Institutes of Health awarded HealthPartners Research Foundation a four-year, $2.5 million dollar grant to help providers personalize and improve care for hypertension.
Dr. Patrick O'Connor and his research team will partner with researchers at the University of Minnesota and Kaiser Colorado to:
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assess each physician's pre-intervention patterns of care for hypertension
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identify areas for potential improvement
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provide each physician with personalized learning cases and feedback
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assess whether care of actual patients subsequently improves
The study runs from June 2008 through May 2012.
About 68 million American adults have hypertension. Effective treatment of hypertension, which includes avoiding salt, limiting alcohol, physical activity, weight management, and medications as needed, can substantially reduce the risk of stroke, kidney failure, heart failure, and heart attacks in those with this condition.
HealthPartners Research Foundation
HealthPartners family of care includes HealthPartners Research Foundation (www.hprf.org). Conducting about 250 research projects each year, the Foundation is dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge through research to improve the health of our members and the community.
About HealthPartners
Founded in 1957, the HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com) family of healthcare companies serve more than one million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. It is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, providing care, coverage, research and education to improve the health of members, patients and the community. For the third year in a row, HealthPartners is rated one of the best commercial health plans in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, NCQA's "America's Best Health Plans 2007" and is ranked "Highest in Member Satisfaction among Commercial Health Plans in the Minnesota-Wisconsin Region" by J.D. Power and Associates.
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