ZZVA-*HYPERTENSION SCREEN (5)    REMINDER DEFINITION (811.9)

BP due every two years to detect hypertension. 
 
    Recommendation: Check blood pressure at least once every two years
    for all Primary Care clinic patients.
 
    Goal for FY2000: 90% of Primary Care clinic patients have had their
    blood pressure checked in the past two years.
 
This VA-*HYPERTENSION SCREEN reminder is defined based on the following
"Hypertension Detection" guidelines specified in the VHA HANDBOOK 1101.8,
APPENDIX A.
 
    Target Condition: Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease
 
    Target Group: General outpatient population

If this reminder is not going to be used at your facility, the INACTIVE
The Ambulatory Care EP recommends a variation on this reminder
represented in the "VA-BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK" reminder.  This reminder
includes an alteration of the blood pressure reminder guidelines when the
patient has a history of hypertension on file.
 
Please review both of these reminder definitions, choose one of them to
use.  If local modifications need to be made, copy the preferred reminder
to a new reminder and make your reminder modifications.
FLAG should be set to inactive.
 
This reminder represents the minimum criteria for checking if the patient
has received a blood pressure check.  As distributed, the reminder checks
for an ICD Diagnosis or a CPT procedure code representing "Hypertension
Screen", or a record of a blood pressure (BP) in the Vitals/Measurements
package.