Trinity Health Medical Groups Honored for Excellence in Blood Pressure Control

LIVONIA, MICH. (Nov. 8, 2022) — The American Heart Association and the American Medical Association recently recognized eight Trinity Health Medical Groups for their efforts to achieve better blood pressure control through their Target: BP initiative.

Formed to combat the elevated rates of high blood pressure in the United States, the initiative's goal is to reduce the number of Americans who suffer heart attacks and strokes. Target: BP helps health care organizations and care teams improve blood pressure control rates through an evidence-based quality improvement program. Each year Target: BP recognizes organizations committed to improving blood pressure control.

Target: BP offers four levels of recognition for medical practices: Gold+ (demonstrating a commitment to measurement accuracy and having 70 percent or more of their adult patient population with high BP controlled); Gold (reaching 70 percent blood pressure control or higher within their patient population); Silver (demonstrating a commitment to improving blood pressure control through measurement accuracy); and Participant (submitting blood pressure control data for the first-time and prioritizing blood pressure in their communities).

The following Trinity Health Medical Groups were recognized:

• GOLD+ Award
  • MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center
  • MercyOne Urbandale Internal Medicine
  • Mount Carmel Medical Group
  • St. Joseph’s Health
  • St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates
  • Trinity Health Medical Group West Michigan
• Gold Level
  • Loyola Medicine
    • Berwyn
    • Burr Ridge
    • Elmhurst/Oak Park
    • Elmwood Park
    • Gottlieb 210
    • Gottlieb, 416
    • Hickory Hills
    • Homer Glen
    • LaGrange Internal Medicine
    • Loyola LaGrange
    • Maywood Family Medicine
    • North Riverside
    • Oakbrook Terrace
    • Riverside
    • Loyola Outpatient Center
  • MercyOne Iowa Heart Center

About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and almost 10,000 physicians and clinicians among 16 medical groups caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, Trinity Health's network of care includes 88 hospitals, 131 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 125 urgent care locations, and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue is $20.2 billion with $1.2 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit www.trinity-health.org or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter.