News & Events
The Stanford Hypertension Center Renews Certification from the American Heart Association
The Stanford Hypertension Center has renewed our certification as an American Heart Association Comprehensive Hypertension Center.
The Center underwent several reviews by American Heart Association quality improvement specialists who evaluated the practice’s policies, procedures and operations to ensure appropriate diagnosis, evaluation and treatment protocols were in place and executed for patients with hypertension.
Key areas in which the Stanford Hypertension Center, supported by Stanford Health Care, demonstrates a commitment to rigourous standards:
Protocol-driven care including:
- Automated oscillometric blood pressure
- 24-Hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Diagnostic testing for secondary causes of hypertension
- Multi-specialty case conferences
- Clinical trials in hypertension
- Novel treatments including renal denervation
The overall goals for the certified Comprehensive Hypertension Center encompass patients, providers and research and training opportunities through an evaluation of the practice against a professional set of criteria based on demonstrated adherence to key standards and rigorous review process.
About the American Heart Association’s Comprehensive Hypertension Center Certification
Comprehensive Hypertension Center Certification offers hypertension programs a model to ensure best practices and evidence–based medicine is implemented in a standardized fashion for the delivery of cohesive and consistent hypertension care. For more information about this certification, visit www.heart.org/certification
For more information on the American Heart Association certification programs, visit:www.heart.org/certification.
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Upcoming Hypertension Conference
Date: Friday October 9, 2020
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 (PST)
Location: Zoom
RSVP: hypertension@stanford.edu
Lifestyle Education Workshop
For infomation on future education workshops, please contact:
Rebecca Boyle, PA-C