STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access Reach out behavioral intervention for hypertension initiated in the emergency department connecting multiple health systems: study protocol for a randomized control trial William J. Meurer 1,2,3,4,5* , Mackenzie Dinh 1 , Kelley M. Kidwell 6 , Adam Flood 1 , Emily Champoux 2 , Candace Whitfield 1 , Deborah Trimble 1 , Joan Cowdery 7 , Dominic Borgialli 1,8 , Sacha Montas 1 , Rebecca Cunningham 1 , Lorraine R. Buis 4,9 , Devin Brown 2,3 and Lesli Skolarus 2,3 Abstract Background: Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality in the United States. The Emergency Department represents an underutilized opportunity to impact difficult-to-reach populations. There are 136 million visits to the Emergenc

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