0920-0976 Interview Guide

ATTACHMENT 5

DATA COLLECTION TOOL #3

Interview Guide: Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Champion

Form Approved

OMB No. 0920-0976

Exp. date XX/XX/XXXX

Interview Guide: Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Champion

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Congratulations on your selection as a Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Champion.

I am (name) with (organization) talking with you on behalf on the Million Hearts^® Initiative. Thank you for making time to talk me today.

The primary purpose of the Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Challenge is to identify providers such as yourself who achieve exemplary hypertension control rates and then to share the strategies and processes you have adopted with the healthcare community to improve practice. The expectation of Million Hearts ^® is develop a “success story” describing your practice and patient population in broad terms, your documented hypertension control rates, and the strategies adopted by your practice (healthcare system) to provide exemplary care for your hypertensive patients. Your practice will be named in the publication.

To facilitate this goal, Million Hearts^® has scheduled this interview. I expect the interview to last about 1 hour, and may ask you to review any final products which may take another 1 hour. You may stop the interview at any time and refer us to a colleague or employee who may be better able to provide the information we are requesting. However, refusal to allow any staff to participate in the interview and documenting of strategies may result in a loss of some of the benefits of recognition. You will have an opportunity to review and comment on any products developed as a result of this interview. This data collection is approved under Office of Management and Budget # 0920-0976.

We have three primary questions and will follow up some of your responses with a request for additional details. To accurately document your successes, we would like to record this session. Is that alright?

May we begin?

1. How would you describe the hypertensive patients you serve?

2. What was the control rate before you started making blood pressure control a priority?

   • What spurred your interest in becoming a champion/prioritizing blood pressure?

3. What would you say are the root causes of your success in hypertension control?

   • What are 3-4 strategies that you think were most important in addressing those challenges and barriers named above?

   • What resources did you use to achieve greater hypertension control in your patients?

4. What advice do you have for other clinicians or practices as they look to achieve better hypertension control?

5. What were some challenges you or your practice faced when working with patients to control hypertension?

   • What are your patients’ biggest barriers to hypertension control?

6. Anything else you’d like to add?

Thank you for participating in this interview. We expect to have draft materials based on this conversation for you to review by: _________________________________________.

If you have any questions, or would like to add information to your interview, please contact ______________________ at ________________ (phone and e-mail).