2020
Leveraging the Electronic Health Records for Population Health: A Case Study of Patients With Markedly Elevated Blood Pressure
Lu Y, Huang C, Mahajan S, Schulz WL, Nasir K, Spatz ES, Krumholz HM. Leveraging the Electronic Health Records for Population Health: A Case Study of Patients With Markedly Elevated Blood Pressure. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e015033. PMID: 32200730, PMCID: PMC7428633, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.015033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureElevated blood pressureBlood pressureElectronic health recordsPopulation health surveillanceHealth recordsYale New Haven Health SystemHealth surveillanceHealth systemPatterns of patientsLarge health systemUsual careOutpatient encountersControl ratePatientsCare patternsPopulation healthMonthsHgSurveillancePrevalenceRecordsVisitsCare
2018
Association of Body Mass Index With Blood Pressure Among 1.7 Million Chinese Adults
Linderman GC, Lu J, Lu Y, Sun X, Xu W, Nasir K, Schulz W, Jiang L, Krumholz HM. Association of Body Mass Index With Blood Pressure Among 1.7 Million Chinese Adults. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e181271-e181271. PMID: 30646115, PMCID: PMC6324286, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.1271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureAntihypertensive medicationsMass indexMean (SD) BMIMean (SD) systolic BPIncrease of BPUnit body mass indexPrimary health care sitesComprehensive subgroup analysisMillion Persons ProjectDiastolic blood pressureSubgroup of patientsCross-sectional studyElectronic BP monitorsHealth care sitesSubgroup of individualsUntreated subgroupSubgroup analysisCare sitesBP monitorMAIN OUTCOMEChinese adultsChinese population