Pediatric Blood Pressure Clinical Decision Support Tool (PedsBP CDS)

Prior treatment

• known HT diagnosis or taking antihypertensive medication at index visit
• opted out of use of their data for research via general consent prior to performing analyses

Age

• outside of the inclusion age range (\<6 years and ≥18 years) at index visit

Other

• Patients will be excluded from analyses if the following criteria are met:
• pregnant or postpartum adolescents during study period

• Patients will be eligible for the PedsBP CDS if
• 6-17 years of age
• BP measured and entered in the vital sign section during an ambulatory primary care visit in a randomized primary care clinic
• not pregnant or postpartum
  • Patients must meet these eligibility criteria to be included into study analyses:
• have at least one index visit with a primary care provider at a randomized clinic in the intervention period
• meet eligibility for PedsBP CDS at index visit (a-c above)
• no previous HT diagnosis prior to index visit
• not taking antihypertensive medication prior to index visit
• not opted out of use of their data for research via general consent prior to performing analyses
  • Primary care providers must meet these eligibility criteria to participate in this study:
• practice at a randomized primary care clinic
• be a pediatric or family medicine care provider (pediatrician, family physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant), and
• provide ongoing clinical care for children and adolescents