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Despite clinical practice guidelines for hypertension management, clinician adherence to these guidelines remains suboptimal.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n OBJECTIVE<\/jats:title>\n To develop a taxonomy of suboptimal adherence scenarios for severe hypertension and identify barriers to guideline adherence.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n DESIGN, SETTING, and PARTICIPANTS<\/jats:title>\n This qualitative content analysis using electronic health records (EHRs) of Yale New Haven Health System included participants who had at least 2 consecutive visits with markedly elevated blood pressure (BP; defined as at least 2 consecutive readings of systolic BP \u2265160 mm Hg and diastolic BP \u2265100 mm Hg) between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2021, and no prescription for antihypertensive medication within a 90 days of the second BP measurement. Data analysis was conducted from January to December 2023.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES<\/jats:title>\n The primary outcome was scenarios and influencing factors contributing to clinician nonadherence to the guidelines for hypertension management. A thematic analysis of EHR data was conducted to generate a pragmatic taxonomy of scenarios of suboptimal clinician guideline adherence in the management of severe hypertension.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n Of the 20\u202f654 patients who met criteria, 200 were randomly selected and thematic saturation was reached after analyzing 100 patients (mean [SD] age at index visit, 66.5 [12.8] years; 50 female [50%]; 8 Black [8%]; 5 Hispanic or Latino [5%]; 85 White [85%]). Three content domains emerged: (1) clinician-related scenarios (defined as noninitiation or nonintensification of treatment due to issues relating to clinician intention, capability, or scope), which included 2 subcategories (did not address and diffusion of responsibility); (2) patient-related scenarios (defined as noninitiation or nonintensification of treatment due to patient behavioral considerations), which included 2 subcategories (patient nonadherence and patient preference); and (3) clinical complexity\u2013related scenarios (defined as noninitiation or nonintensification of treatment due to clinical situational complexities), which included 3 subcategories (diagnostic uncertainty, maintenance of current intervention, and competing medical priorities).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE<\/jats:title>\n In this qualitative study of EHR data, a taxonomy of suboptimal adherence scenarios for severe hypertension was developed and barriers to guideline adherence were identified. 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