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Approximately half of the adults in the United States (116 million) have high blood pressure, or hypertension, with 91.7 million needing prescription medication in addition to lifestyle changes. As of 2017, the self-reported prevalence of hypertension in adults aged 20 and older in Georgia is 30.1% to 31.9%, reported Tim Hall, senior business intelligence developer at Piedmont Healthcare.
Piedmont Health is a not-for-profit health system with 1,755 locations serving communities that comprise 85% of Georgia’s population.
“If patients were more adherent to their hypertension medications and blood pressure was better controlled, patients would…