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Care Delivery: Clinical Care

NACHC’s Heart Health Hub: Your Source for Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes

NACHC and the CDC aim to achieve Million Hearts® goals in partnership with health centers across the country through improvements in blood pressure management and control for African Americans, the use statins with high-risk patients, and the use of self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring.

These products, resources, and supports are part of NACHC’s comprehensive Million Hearts® initiative. 

Products, Resources, and Support

NACHC’s Heart Health Hub: Your Source for Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes

Hypertension Control

Improving Cholesterol Management

Improving Cholesterol Management

Care Team Resources & Training  

Cholesterol Provider Training Package

The Cholesterol Provider Training Package includes self-paced training materials, a statin guide snapshot, information about side-effects, adherence, and inertia, and common questions/answers. You’ll also find videos sharing patient and provider stories.

Statin Associated Side Effects (PowerPoint, English)  

Statin Adherence (PowerPoint, English)  

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Statin Therapy for High-Risk Group Summary Video (Video, English) 

Statin Guideline Snapshot (PDF, English)  

Statin Q&A Fact sheet snapshot

Q&A Common Patient Questions About Statins (Factsheet, English)  

Treating Patients with Statins: Tips From a Clinician to Clinicians (Video, English)

Heart to Heart: Unlocking Cholesterol Management with Screening, Statins, and Care Team Coordination (Webinar, English)

“Did You Knows” and Quick Tips to Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes: Cholesterol Management (PDF, English)

Statin therapy roadmap snapshot

Improving Use of Statin Therapy for High-Risk Patients Roadmap (PDF, English)

Statin Clinical Inertia Assessment Tool (Excel, English)

Patient Engagement & Education

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Statins + a Healthy Lifestyle to Lower Cholesterol in High-Risk Patients: Millie’s Story (Video, English)

The Importance of Statin Medications: Jeanette’s Story (Video, English)

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Statins+ a Healthy Lifestyle to Lower Cholesterol in High-Risk Patients – Laurie’s Story (Video, English)

Statins and lifestyle infographic snapshot

Lower Your LDL Cholesterol and Decrease Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke with Statins and a Healthy Lifestyle (Infographic, English)

statins and lifestyle Spanish infographic

Lower Your LDL Cholesterol and Decrease Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke with Statins and a Healthy Lifestyle (Infographic, Spanish)

How Do Statins Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes? (Infographic, English)

How Do Statins Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes? (Infographic, Spanish)

How Do Statins Prevent Heart Attacks and Stroke? (Video, English)

How Do Statins Prevent Heart Attacks and Stroke? (Video, Spanish)

Learning Labs

Sprinting to Hypertension and Cholesterol Management (Live Session, English)

Sprinting to Hypertension and Cholesterol Management (Pre-work, English)

Publications

Using the Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) to Identify and Address Provider-perceived Barriers to Optimal Statin Prescribing and Use in Community Health Centers (Health Promotion Practice, 2022)

Additional Resources

Million Hearts® Cholesterol Management Change Package (Change Package, English)

     

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