@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1069, title = {The Care Management Network as an Effective Intervention in Mitigating the Risks of Hypertension}, author = {Feng-Chuan Pan and Fang-Yue Liu}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {Hospitals in southern Hualien teamed with the Hypertension Joint Care Network. Working with the network, the team provided a special designed health education to the individual who had been identified as a hypertension patient in the outpatient department. Some metabolism improvements achieved. This is a retrospective study by purposively taking 106 patients from a hospital between 2008 and 2010. Records of before and after education intervention of the objects was collected and analyzed to see the how the intervention affected the patients- hypertension control via clinical parameter monitoring. The results showed that the clinical indicators, the LDL-C, the cholesterol and the systolic blood pressure were significantly improved. The study provides evidence for the effectiveness of the network in controlling hypertension.}, journal = {International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences}, volume = {4}, number = {1}, year = {2010}, pages = {36 - 39}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1069}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/37}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 37, 2010}, }