Cristina Popa

Making an IMPACT on BP: Why pills alone won't win the war

Making an IMPACT on BP: Why pills alone won't win the war

This week we will discuss whether a bundled, team-based hypertension intervention- featuring intensive BP targets, home monitoring, health coaching, and audit feedback- can overcome poverty, clinical inertia, and fragmented care to improve blood pressure control in low-income patients receiving care at federally qualified health centers.

Why-dralazine?! Population risk of drug induced vasculitis

Why-dralazine?! Population risk of drug induced vasculitis

This week, we will discuss why a large registry cohort was needed to move past decades of scattered case reports and clarify the true risk of hydralazine‑associated vasculitis. When rare events hide in noise, only scale can reveal the signal. Can population‑level data finally bring this paradox into focus?