Team-based care increased the proportion of people with controlled BP  and reduced both systolic and diastolic BP , especially when pharmacists and nurses were part of the team .
CONTEXT Uncontrolled hypertension remains a widely prevalent cardiovascular risk factor in the U.S. team-based care , established by adding new staff or changing the roles of existing staff such as nurses and pharmacists to work with a primary care provider and the patient .
Team-based care has the potential to improve the quality of hypertension management .
The goal of this Community Guide systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of team-based care in improving blood pressure ( BP ) outcomes .
The effectiveness of a community/academic health center partnership in decreasing the level of blood pressure in an urban African-American population.
This study investigated the effectiveness of a community-academic health center partnership , utilizing nurse-supervised indigenous community health workers , in decreasing the blood pressure in an urban African-American population . A four-year r and omized clinical trial was conducted in the S and town-Winchester community , which has an excess prevalence of high blood pressure , in order to test the effectiveness of 2 different levels of intervention intensity on increasing the control of high blood pressure .  Community health workers were trained and certified in blood pressure management , monitoring , education and counseling , social support mobilization , and community outreach and follow up . The primary results were a significant decrease in mean systolic and diastolic pressures after both levels of intervention , and a significant increase in the percentage of individuals with controlled high blood pressure . Surprisingly , no differences in results were observed between the 2 levels of intervention intensity . This study supports the use of community-based partnership efforts , and the utilization of indigenous health workers , to enhance the control of high blood pressure in a high-risk , African-American urban population
Team-based care increased the proportion of people with controlled BP  and reduced both systolic and diastolic BP , especially when pharmacists and nurses were part of the team .
CONTEXT Uncontrolled hypertension remains a widely prevalent cardiovascular risk factor in the U.S. team-based care , established by adding new staff or changing the roles of existing staff such as nurses and pharmacists to work with a primary care provider and the patient .
Team-based care has the potential to improve the quality of hypertension management .
The goal of this Community Guide systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of team-based care in improving blood pressure ( BP ) outcomes .