Overview

Heart disease and stroke remain the leading causes of death in the United States. NACHC and the CDC aim to achieve Million Hearts® goals in partnership with health centers across the country. Strategies focus on improvements in the use statins with high-risk patients, blood pressure management and control for African Americans, and the use of self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring. Learn about NACHC’s Million Hearts initiative.

Featured Resource: NACHC’s Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring (SMBP) Implementation Toolkit, updated in March 2023, is designed to help organizations implement self-measured blood pressure monitoring (SMBP) successfully into their care processes and workflows.

Publications:

Accelerating Use of SMBP through Clinical-Community Care Models (Article published in Journal of Community Health, English)
Are Community Health Center Patients Interested in Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring – And Can They Do It? (Article published in Integrated Blood Pressure Control Journal, English)
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Telemonitoring Programs: A Pragmatic How-to Guide (Journal published in American Journal of Hypertension, English)
Improving Identification and Diagnosis of Hypertensive Patients Hiding in Plain Sight (HIPS) in Health Centers (Journal article published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety)
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Telemonitoring Programs: A Pragmatic How-to Guide (Journal published in American Journal of Hypertension, English)
Who Are the Undiagnosed? Disparities in Hypertension Diagnoses in Vulnerable Populations (Journal article published in Family & Community Health)