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About Healthy Hearts in the Heartland

A research program that worked with small practice clinics in the Midwest to implement and evaluate quality improvement strategies for cardiovascular care.

How Does It Work?

Small practices received one year of hands-on coaching, tools and strategies to provide point-of-care support for Million Hearts cardiovascular measures — aspirin therapy, blood pressure control, cholesterol management and smoking cessation. Half of the practices also received support to engage in population health management.

What is the Purpose of This Research?

The research evaluated different implementation strategies and determined the best ways to support small practices with quality improvement work.

H3 Region

The project region encompassed southeastern Wisconsin, northeastern Illinois (including Chicago), and northern Indiana.

Where to go next

• Why Practices Participated — the participation account
• Info for Participants — the participant hub
• Lessons Learned — posters and the closing note