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Need inspiration? Here are some of the actions hospitals, clinicians, and employers have taken or are planning to take to advance the goals of Million Hearts®.
Hospitals
Action for Hospitals
Action for Hospitals
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Resource
Success Story
Success Story
Make healthy food and beverage choices available to patients, visitors, and staff.
Make healthy food and beverage choices available to patients, visitors, and staff.
Implement comprehensive smoke-free policies.
Implement comprehensive smoke-free policies.
Automatically refer eligible patients to cardiac rehab.
Automatically refer eligible patients to cardiac rehab.
Employers
Action for Employers
Action for Employers
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Resource
Success Story
Success Story
Make healthy food and beverage choices available to all employees.
Make healthy food and beverage choices available to all employees.
Develop and support worksite policies to encourage employees’ use of tobacco cessation services.
Develop and support worksite policies to encourage employees’ use of tobacco cessation services.
Provide environmental supports for recreation or physical activity (e.g., onsite exercise facilities, walking trails, bicycle racks).
Provide environmental supports for recreation or physical activity (e.g., onsite exercise facilities, walking trails, bicycle racks).
Clinical Care Teams
Actions for Clinical Care Teams
Actions for Clinical Care Teams
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Resource
Success Story
Success Story
Use standardized treatment protocols for hypertension treatment, tobacco cessation, and cholesterol management.
Use standardized treatment protocols for hypertension treatment, tobacco cessation, and cholesterol management.
Implement self-measured blood pressure monitoring (SMBP) interventions with clinical support.
Implement self-measured blood pressure monitoring (SMBP) interventions with clinical support.
Improve performance on Million Hearts® clinical quality measures on aspirin use, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, smoking cessation, and cardiac rehab.
Improve performance on Million Hearts® clinical quality measures on aspirin use, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, smoking cessation, and cardiac rehab.
Leverage electronic health record (EHR) systems to excel in the ABCS.
Leverage electronic health record (EHR) systems to excel in the ABCS.
Local and State Health Departments
Action
Action
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Resource
Apply evidence-based strategies to support the planning, development, implementation, and monitoring of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention activities at municipal, county, or state levels.
Apply evidence-based strategies to support the planning, development, implementation, and monitoring of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention activities at municipal, county, or state levels.