{"id":444,"date":"2014-04-05T18:16:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T18:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2014-04-05T18:16:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T18:16:36","slug":"center-for-high-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/?page_id=444","title":{"rendered":"Center for High Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mission:<\/strong>\u00a0They\u00a0offer their patients several health education programs that are structured to encourage disease prevention and management through beneficial lifestyle changes.<a href=\"http:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/center-for-high.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-454 alignright\" alt=\"center for high\" src=\"http:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/center-for-high.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Who They Help: <\/strong> The people that the Center for High Blood Pressure serves those who have high blood pressure or are at risk of hypertension, high cholesterol, or diabetes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> Where:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>The Greater Richmond chapter is located at:<\/p>\n<p>1200 West Cary Street<br \/>\nRichmond, VA 23220<\/p>\n<p>Phone:\u00a0804-359-9375<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> What:\u00a0<\/strong>When the Center for High Blood Pressure treats the medically indigent, the entire community benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>They relieve the financial burden on the community by providing care to people who have chronic conditions, preventing inevitable and costly outcomes.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>They provide prescription drugs for a nominal fee to people who need medications but could not otherwise afford them.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>They teach people with chronic health problems how to manage their lifestyles to improve overall wellness.\u00a0 This means they miss fewer days from work and employers reduce health-related productivity losses.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>They relieve the burden on full-service clinics by serving a targeted population with appropriate and efficient care.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>They reduce costly visits to hospital emergency rooms by people who are uninsured.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>They provide specialized care and free study medications for qualified individuals involved in our medically supervised research studies.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"Back to the Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/\">Back to the Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission:\u00a0They\u00a0offer their patients several health education programs that are structured to encourage disease prevention and management through beneficial lifestyle changes. Who They Help: The people that the Center for High Blood Pressure serves those who have high blood pressure or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/?page_id=444\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.wepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}