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Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS @spjuraschek.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Ever wonder some of the factors behind hypertension treatment inertia? Check out this cool paper by Dr. O'Hagan! www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...

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Preferences for Antihypertensive Prescribing in Older Adults: A Discrete Choice Experiment

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Expanding access to digital health data (home BP, wearables) significantly increases the likelihood of prescribing antihypertensive therapy for elderly patients www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...

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Preferences for Antihypertensive Prescribing in Older Adults: A Discrete Choice Experiment

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Edel O'Hagan @edeloh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

people ≥70 years and smokers were less likely to return. Read more here. Well done to all co-authors, it was very much a team effort.

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Edel O'Hagan @edeloh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

cardiovascular risk factor. It seemed like these stations are useful for self- monitoring because people with high BP were more likely to return for repeat BP checks. But greater education or promotion is needed for some groups and in some areas because people from very remote areas, older

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Edel O'Hagan @edeloh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

SISU Health have health check stations in every state and territory of Australia. We analysed data from almost 1 million checks to understand who uses these stations, and where are they useful. We found that 22% were probably hypertensive, with about half these having one or more additional

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Edel O'Hagan @edeloh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

A recent study that I didn't want to promote on X www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1... Blood pressure control in Australia lags behind international counterparts. Community screening could improve BP control by identifying people with high BP and/or providing an option to self-monitor BP

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Self-Guided Blood Pressure Screening in the Community: Opportunities, and Challenges | Hypertension

BACKGROUND: Community-based health check kiosks provide opportunities to improve the detection and long-term monitoring of hypertension. We describe the sociodemographic and cardiovascular characteris...

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