Heart Disease & Stroke

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.