STAT July 2, 2024
The U.S. has slid backward on control of high blood pressure, despite ready access to medicines and other tools to moderate its risks. Dan Jones, former president of the American Heart Association, thinks the nation can learn from China.
Researchers there recently detailed the success of community health workers — well trained people but not M.D.s — helping thousands of people living with high blood pressure in rural regions. People who received a combination of blood pressure monitoring, medication adjustments, and health coaching from these nonclinicians saw their blood pressure readings go down significantly during the study’s four years, a testament to the impact of people known as “village doctors” who went beyond usual care in the health care system.
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