Percentage of patients aged ≥18 years with a diagnosis of hypertension seen within a 12-month period who have a blood pressure <140/90 mm Hg, OR who have a blood pressure ≥140/90 mm Hg and were prescribed ≥2 antihypertensive medications during their most recent office visit
eMeasure ID
First Performance Year
2017
Last Performance Year
Metric Type
Single Performance Rate
National Quality Strategy Domain
Effective Clinical Care
Measure Type
Process
eMeasure UUID
NQF eMeasure ID
NQF ID
Is High Priority?
Is Inverse?
Overall Algorithm
Primary Steward
ACCF-PINNACLE registry and Diabetes Collaborative Registry