Million Hearts® begins with you = Working together to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes

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• Alternative Title:
  Million Hearts® Infographic ; Working together to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Working together to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes. ; 1 of every 3 deaths is caused by heart disease and stroke. ; • Health care costs for heart attack and stroke: $312.6 billion. Leading cause of preventable death in people 40–65 years of age. ; • 2 million plus heart attacks and strokes each year. ; To prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes, health care professionals and public health workers should do what we know works: ; • Focus on the ABCS: Aspirin when appropriate; Blood pressure control; Cholesterol management; Smoking cessation. ; • Use health IT: Use electronic health records and other health IT to identify patients who need support to improve their ABCS and then track their progress over time. Use team-based care: Use clinical innovations, including: Use everyone who interacts with patients to the top of their skills and license; Self-measured blood pressure monitoring with clinical support; Reward and recognize excellence in the ABCS. ; By doing what we know works, health care professionals, health care systems, and public health organizations can help prevent 1,000,000 heart attacks and strokes and meet these goals by 2017: ; • 47 percent to 70 percent increase in aspirin use for secondary prevention; ; • 46 percent to 70 percent increase in blood pressure control; ; • 33 percent to 70 percent increase in cholesterol management; ; • 23 percent to 70 percent increase in help for those who want to quit smoking; ; • 20 percent reduction in sodium consumption; ; • 50 percent reduction in trans-fat consumption. ; • For more information on effectiveness of team-based care, visit: www.thecommunityguide.org/cvd/teambasedcare.html ; • www.cdc.gov/media/dpk/2013/dpk_13_in_2013.html ; • www.millionhearts.hhs.gov
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• Subjects:
  • Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control
  • Health Promotion
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Myocardial Infarction/prevention & control
  • Preventive Health Services/organization & administration
  • Primary Prevention/organization & administration
  • Private Sector
  • Public Sector
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Stroke/prevention & control
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Corporate as Subject:
  Million Hearts
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32837/cdc_32837_DS1.jpeg
• File Type:
  [JPEG - 365.99 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:095998ea35c3f778a5e0b9344d5d657f5466e7715b5feee698167e7636b040ec