Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring: Quality Assurance
Abstract
Abstract I read with great interest a recent commentary by Moser1 published in the August 8, 1994, issue of the ARCHIVES, in which he discusses ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as a possible strategy in containing cost of care while maintaining quality of care in the management of hypertension.1 Moser states that "approximately 15% to 20% of the recordings are unreadable or unusable." This estimate is too high. Our institution has a quality control program that separately...