Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Patient-Physician Partnership to Improve High Blood Pressure Adherence
Brief Summary: To test the efficacy of a patient-centered, culturally tailored education and activation intervention designed to improve adherence to medication and life style recommendations among adults with uncontrolled hypertension.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (based on fasting glucose, HbA1c, and problem list)
* At least 18 years old
* At least one face-to-face visit with Harvard Vanguard primary care clinician in the last 2 years

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any patient not categorized as either White or Black based on race identifier in the electronic medical record
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants will be recruited by Aboriginal Mental Health Workers - or nominated by mental health staff or the General Practitioner. The treating doctors or local mental health team will be notified of the nomination in each case and, if they have no concerns, the Aboriginal Mental Health Worker will arrange the information and consent session with the research team. The participants will be clients who have a primary chronic mental illness, are aged over 18 years, are able to give informed consent, and are current clients. The diagnoses for inclusion are Schizophrenia, Delusional disorder, Schizoaffective disorder, Drug-induced psychosis, Non-specific psychoses, and Affective disorders. The criteria for chronicity for the purposes of the project are defined by two or more episodes of illness severe enough to require medical intervention and treatment. The carer will be identified by discussion between the client and the Aboriginal Mental Health Worker or Health Worker.

Exclusion Criteria:

People aged less than 18 years, and people with known Intellectual disability or organic brain disorders will be excluded. People with illnesses which have not recurred, or which are not likely to recur will be excluded.

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C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged 52-75 who had one visit to a primary care physician in a community health center in each of the 2 previous years and who have not received colorectal cancer screening based on HEDIS criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current cancer diagnosis, undergoing treatment (or treatment completed within the past year)
* Severe cardiac disease (high-risk CAD,9 valvular disease, NYHA Class III or IV CHF, EF \< 35%)
* Severe COPD (FEV1\< 1liter or on home oxygen)
* CVA with severe functional impairment (aphasia or hemiparesis)
* MS with severe functional impairment
* Renal failure with CrCl\< 30 or on dialysis
* Gastrointestinal symptoms (pain, bleeding, etc) within the past 6 months
* Chronic active liver disease or cirrhosis, with albumin \< 3 or elevated INR
* Advanced HIV disease (CD4 count \<200)
* Severe lupus (with cerebritis or renal failure as defined above)
* Severe complications of diabetes (blindness, amputations other than toes)
* Advanced Dementia
* Psychosis
* Paranoia
* Active substance abuse
* Schizophrenia
* Psychiatric hospitalization within the past year
D: Physicians - general internists and family physicians who see patients at least 20 hours per week at one of the participating study sites. Physicians are excluded if they intend to leave the practice within 12 months.

Patients - adults aged 18 years and older, with a diagnosis of hypertension (at least one claim with the ICD-9 code 401 in the preceding year), and able to provide contact information for themselves and at least one other person.

Patients who are too acutely ill, disoriented, or unresponsive to complete the baseline assessment and those with medical conditions that might limit their participation in the study (e.g., AIDS/HIV, schizophrenia, cancer (except skin), Alzheimer's or other form of dementia; end-stage renal disease, congestive heart failure, or active tuberculosis) are excluded.

Answer: D