NACHC Million Hearts® Initiative
Statin Therapy for High-Risk Patients
Improving Blood Pressure Control of African Americans
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring (SMBP)
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Statin Therapy for High-Risk Patients
The project focuses on improving use of statin therapy for patients at high risk of heart attack and stroke through enhanced care processes to prescribe statins to as many high-risk patients as possible.
Resources:
- Cholesterol Provider Training Package
- Statin Adherence (downloadable tool to use)
- Statin Associated Side Effects (downloadable tool to use)
- Statin Therapy for High-Risk Group Summary Video
- Statin Guideline Snapshot (downloadable tool to use)
- Statin Inertia Chart (downloadable tool to use)
- Q&A: Common Patient Questions about Statins
- Improving Use of Statin Therapy Roadmap: Quality Improvement Tool
- How Do Statins Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes: Patient Education Animation | English | Spanish
- How Do Statins Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes: Patient Education Infographic | English | Spanish
- Statins and Lifestyle: Patient Education Infographic | English | Spanish
Improving Blood Pressure Control for African Americans
This project focuses on implementing evidence-based and promising practices to improve blood pressure control for African Americans to intensify guideline-recommended therapy, increase frequency of patient touch points, improve medication adherence, and increase patient engagement.
Resources:
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring (SMBP)
WATCH: D’Angelo’s Story
The focus of this work is to support the CDC’s SMBP National Strategy, which aims to accelerate the adoption of SMBP as a national standard of care. This is done by addressing key challenges in the areas of community engagement, reimbursement, HIT, hosting a quarterly SMBP virtual forum, and supporting an online community of peers in the SMBP field.
Resources:
- Are Community Health Center Patients Interested in Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring (SMBP) – And Can They Do It? (Journal Article)
- Buying Home Blood Pressure Monitors Considerations and Comparisons
- Choosing a Home Blood Pressure Monitor At a Glance Comparison
- How to Use your Home Blood Pressure Monitor | English | Spanish
- Self-Measurement: How Patients and Care Teams are Bringing Blood Pressure to Control
- SMBP Forum Registration
- SMBP Community (Healthcare Communities)
- Accelerating Use of SMBP through Clinical-Community Care Models
- Collaborative Care Models for Improving Hypertension Control through Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Video
- NACHC SMBP Implementation Toolkit
- NACHC SMBP Implementation Guide
- Making an Economic Case for SMBP Tool
Other Resources
Hypertension Resources:
NACHC
Who Are the Undiagnosed? Disparities in Hypertension Diagnoses in Vulnerable Populations
Improving Identification and Diagnosis of Hypertensive Patients Hiding in Plain Sight (HIPS) in Health Centers
CDC
Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Change Package (PDF guide)
Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Champions
AMA
Hypertension Medication Treatment Protocol
Validated Device Listing
Release the Pressure Campaign
Other
With Every Heartbeat is Life
Surgeon General’s Call to Action for Hypertension (Full Report)
Behavioral Health Hypertension Toolkit and accompanying video overview
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Resources:
SMBP Joint Policy Statement 2020