Integrating a Community-Based Health Information System with a Patient-Centered Medical Home to improve care of patients with hypertension: a longitudinal observational study protocol

• Main Authors: Unab I. Khan (Author), Sabeen Shah (Author), Shankar Viswanathan (Author), Asra Qureshi (Author), Yasmeen Noornabi (Author), Mahnoor Niaz (Author), Judith Wylie-Rosett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The primary healthcare system in Pakistan focuses on providing episodic, disease-based care. Health care for low-middle income communities is largely through a fee-for-service model that ignores preventive and health-promotive services. The growing burden of cardiovascular illnes...