Our Top Links

In addition to our intervention toolkits and informational materials, we have compiled other resources that may be helpful to your practice and patients.

Blood Pressure Control

Million Hearts® 2022 is a national initiative co-led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes within 5 years. They have tools for practices to use for heart and stroke patients.

The American Heart Association offers information and resources on monitoring blood pressure and why doing so is crucial to patient health. The site includes much more, including information on heart disease, its treatment, and how to prevent it.

Target: BP helps health care organizations and care teams, at no cost, improve blood pressure control rates through an evidence-based quality improvement program and recognizes organizations committed to improving BP control.

Tobacco Cessation

Your patients can sign up for a free texting program to help them quit smoking through the National Cancer Institute’s Smokefree.gov program. Patients will start by accessing the sign-up page and then they can create their own texting program that works for them.

The Tennessee Tobacco QuitLine is a toll-free telephone service that provides personalized support for Tennesseans who want to quit smoking or chewing tobacco. Callers are assigned their own quit coach, to help them understand how to quit tobacco and to develop a personalized plan that works. All free of charge.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) EvidenceNOW program seeks to improve heart health and help reduce cardiovascular disease disparities by disseminating and implementing patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) findings in primary care practices to improve care delivery.