H3 Resources

The below link is an excellent teaching guide for non-clinical facilitators to understand the guidelines and provide background on managing cardiovascular risks for patients. The deeper you go into the article, the more information available. To the left is a link to the 2013 guidelines (a link is on the left side of the page). At the bottom of the page are 2 videos that do a good job in explaining the guidelines and their purpose.
https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Understanding-the-New-Prevention-Guidelines_UCM_458155_Article.jsp

Additional Sites with Info in Non-Clinical Language

8 page pamphlet with embedded videos
AHA web public pages with additional links

Chronic Disease Self-Management

Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs:

Illinois:

https://patienteducation.stanford.edu/organ/cdsiteillinois.html

Indiana:

https://patienteducation.stanford.edu/organ/cdsiteindiana.html

Wisconsin:

https://patienteducation.stanford.edu/organ/cdsitewisconsin.html

Clinical Community Linkages

Position statement from AAFP

Tools and best practices from other states: The Practical Playbook

HRSA clinic and community resources for Hypertension Management

ASTHO reports and tools from Million Hearts Learning Collaborative

AHRQ measuring clinical community linkages: (see modules 2 and 3)

Building clinical community linkages (for Diabetes, but the concepts are the pertinent)

AHRQ community clinical linkages evaluation roadmap

AHRQ community clinical relationships atlas

AHRQ community clinical linkages measures

Medicine and Public Health collaboration (see pp 77-89)

Clinical Quality Measures/Specifications

See the table and specifications links for detailed info on all CQMS

NQF 0018 – Blood Pressure
NQF 0028 – Smoking Cessation Support
NQF 0068 – Aspirin
PQRS 316 – Cholesterol Management

Diabetes Prevention Programs

(evidence based program considered valid for hypertension and cholesterol due to the diet and exercise recommendations, and the relationship between pre-diabetes and hypertension and hypercholesterolemia)

Illinois:

https://nccd.cdc.gov/DDT_DPRP/State.aspx?STATE=IL

Indiana:

https://www.in.gov/isdh/24866.htm (includes local Y programs.)

Wisconsin:

https://wihealthyaging.org/diabetes-prevention-program (includes local Y programs)

AMA Diabetes STAT program

Y Diabetes Prevention Programs in Illinois

Hypertension Control

AMA Steps Forward module on improving hypertension control

Contains

The M.A.P. Checklists
Blood Pressure Measurement: Measure Accurately Poster (for use in the practice site)
AMA video on measurement technique
Self-measured blood pressure monitoring program which includes:
- Patient handout on self-measured blood pressure
- Patient education overview on hypertension
- Self-measured blood pressure flow sheet (to document BP readings)
- Self-measured blood pressure wallet card (to document BP readings)

Million Hearts® protocol for controlling blood pressure in adults

Million Hearts sample protocols (VA, ICSI, NY)

Million Hearts Pharmacist Drug Adherence Work-up Tool

Million Hearts Medication Tracker Wallet Card

FDA High Blood Pressure Medications and You: Infographic

American Heart Association Hypertension Algorithm

Technique Quick Check for ensuring proper positioning

Act Rapidly Tool for clinical inertia

Impact on Positioning graphic

Partner with Patients Tool for patient engagement in medications