Million Hearts: Addressing Health Disparities: Excellence in Blood Pressure Control

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• Alternative Title:
  Million Hearts–Success in Blood Pressure Control: Addressing Health Disparities
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Description:
  In 2014 Million Hearts® recognized 30 health care organizations and practices as 2014 Hypertension Control Champions for controlling the blood pressure of at least 70% of their hypertensive patients. Five of these Champions—Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Texas; Green Spring Internal Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland; Denver Health Community Health Services; Kaiser Permanente Southern California; and Northlake Family Medical Practice in Columbia, South Carolina—also have many patients from racial and ethnic minority groups who have a higher risk for hypertension (high blood pressure) or who are less likely to receive treatment.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date approximated from program information
• Subjects:
  Chronic Disease Heart Diseases Hypertension Stroke
• Keywords:
  2025 CDC Chronic Disease Prevention Resource Guide Heart Disease And Stroke (Chronic Health Topic) Success Stories
• Series:
  Million Hearts   ; Million Hearts  
• DOI:
  https://www.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/251844
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet ; Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions ; Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  21 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1601cf96dc0b2c37503c5bd16d93a0a07c7efe40c382846eddf6f31ca7b856c30d2cf13cfadfa4e36e6d67292a6aa709e8dee3ebcd82e48c97357147dd9ddd27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/251844/cdc_251844_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.83 MB ]