Access to the full guideline and additional resources are available at the following link: https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/CD/htn/ Sidebar 1: Office Blood Pressure Measurement AOBP (preferred) Fully automated machine programmed to wait five minutes and record the average of three measurements separated by at least 30 seconds Standard Technique (alternative) Use a properly calibrated and validated sphygmomanometer Use an average of 2 readings Sidebar 2: Confirm Diagnosis If the follow-up clinic blood pressure value is 130 mm Hg SBP or 90 mm Hg DBP, make diagnosis of HTN without further testing Consider HBPM or ABPM to inform the diagnosis in select patients (see Recommendation 4 in the full CPG) If blood pressure is <130 mm Hg SBP and <90 mm Hg DBP, yet there is evidence of target organ damage, which may suggest the presence of masked HTN, consider HBPM or ABPM to inform the diagnosis (see Recommendation 4 in the full CPG) Module B: Treatment Sidebar 5: Initiate Drug Therapy General Population Recommend one or more of the following: Thiazide-type diuretics ACEIs or ARBs* Long-acting CCBs For patients unlikely to achieve goal with monotherapy (e.g.