NR 702 Week 2 Discussion; The DNP Project; The Problem Development and Practice Gap

Dr. Johnson, Skin irritation Supply issues Adam, Hypertension management disparities include poor access to health and substandard insurance and attribute to poorer compliance and control rates (Gu et al., 2017). The identified gap of medication non-compliance is estimated to attribute to 125,000 deaths in the United States (Million hearts, n.d.). The objectives of the Million Hearts program are to monitor medication non-compliance, develop and implement strategies to mitigate non-compliance, promote safety in medication prescriptions, and provide a network of public health prescribers to tackle this issue (Million Hearts, n.d.). Is there information regarding the telehealth platform that shows patients who have may not have access to transportation may have access to means for telehealth appointments? This is a very interesting topic. Thanks for sharing! Jess S. Gu, A., Yue, Y., Desai, R. P., & Argulian, E. (2017). Racial and ethnic differences in antihypertensive medication use and blood pressure control among US adults with hypertension: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003 to 2012. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality Outcomes, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003166 Million Hearts. (n.d.). Medication adherence: Action steps for public health practitioners. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/files/Medication-Adherence-Action-Guide-for-PHPs.pdf