Abacus Health Solutions has developed a new e-health enabled blood pressure monitoring and feedback system to improve health outcomes for hospital specialty clinics. The system is being deployed in the outpatient setting to support accountable care, enable meaningful use of HIT for both providers and patients, and drive revenue from encounters and specialty medication dispensing. "Uncontrolled ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Despite some improvements, far too many Americans have out-of-control blood pressure and cholesterol levels -- both primary risk factors for heart disease, federal health officials warn.

MONDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors administering deep brain stimulation to control a patient's severe pain report that they discovered the treatment consistently lowered the man's hard-to-control high blood pressure.

Controlling blood pressure is not only a medical challenge, but a social one as well. Because patients are required to strictly adhere to a treatment plan that may include medication, dietary restrictions and regular doctor visits, the ideas of wellness and health are also powerful parts of the social reinforcement needed for behavioral change. This is especially true in the African American ...

( University of Massachusetts Medical School ) A new study in the Jan. 19 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that a storytelling approach -- in which recognizable members of a community provide positive messages aimed at controlling hypertension through diet and medication adherence -- may help control hypertension in African-Americans.