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Clinical Education Cooperative |
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Cardiovascular Health | Aspirin Use in Primary Care | Blood Pressure Control | Cholesterol Management | Smoking Cessation |
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overview
EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices improve the heart health of their patients by applying the latest medical research and tools. The goal of this initiative is to ensure that primary care practices have the evidence they need to help their patients adopt the ABCS of cardiovascular disease prevention: Aspirin in high-risk individuals, Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management, and Smoking cessation. NaRCAD's partnership builds the academic detailing component of this multifactorial intervention. The initiative also includes an independent national evaluation designed to determine if and how quality improvement support can accelerate the dissemination and implementation of new evidence in primary care. |
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MATERIALS
NaRCAD has been instrumental in designing materials for this campaign. H2O Campaign Detailing Aids: publications & presentations
Disseminating, Implementing, and Evaluating Patient-Centered outcomes to improve cardiovascular care using a stepped-wedge design: healthy hearts for Oklahoma | BMC Health Services Research, June 2018; 4:18(1):404. | Ann F. Chou, Juell B. Homco, Zsolt Nagykaldi, James W. Mold, F. Daniel Duffy, Steven Crawford, and Julie A. Stoner The Alarming Rate of Major Disruptive Events in Primary Cary Practices in Oklahoma | Annals of Family Medicine, April 2018 16(Suppl 1): S52-S57 | James W. Mold, Margaret Walsh, Ann F. Chou, and Juell B. Homco |