​Healthy Hearts Northwest (H2N)
An EvidenceNow Cooperative (AHRQ)
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Tri-state Cooperative:
​Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, U.S.
Clinical Education Cooperative
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​Program Clinical Topics
Cardiovascular Health | Aspirin Use in Primary Care | Blood Pressure Control | Cholesterol Management | Smoking Cessation
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Campaign Information
About the CAMPAIGN
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 supports the academic detailing and tele-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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Resources & Partnerships
PROGRAM SUPPORT​
  • NaRCAD has been instrumental in supporting traditional AD adaptation for this campaign, which features teledetailing as an alternative to face-to-face detailing.
Materials & Resources
publications
Healthy Hearts Northwest Program & Resources Site

Virtual Education Outreach Intervention in Primary Care Based on the Principles of Academic Detailing | Laura-Mae Baldwin, Michael A. Fischer, Jennifer Powell, Erika Holden, Leah Tuzzio, Lyle J. Fagnan, Jeff Hummel, Michael L. Parchman

​Engaging Primary Care Practices in Studies of Improvement: Did You Budget Enough for Practice Recruitment? | Lyle J. Fagnan, Theresa L. Walunas, Michael L. Parchman, Caitlin L. Dickinson, Katrina M. Murphy, Ross Howell, Kathryn L. Jackson, Margaret B. Madden, James R. Ciesla, Kathryn D. Mazurek, Abel N. Kho, and Leif I. Solberg 

Study Protocol for "Healthy Hearts Northwest": a 2 x 2 randomized factorial trial to build quality improvement capacity in primary care | Michael L. Parchman, Lyle J. Fagnan, David A. Dorr, Peggy Evans, Andrea J. Cook, Robert B. Penfold, Clarissa Hsu, Allen Cheadle, Laura-Mae Baldwin, & Leah Tuzzio

Understanding the Impact of Variations in Measurement Period Reporting for Electronic Clinical Quality Measures | Nicholas V. Colin, Raja A. Cholan, Bhavaya Sachdeva, Benjamin E. Nealy, Michael L. Parchman, David A. Dorr

Specifications of Clinical Quality Measures and Value Set Vocabularies Shift Over Time: A study of Change through Implementation Differences | Raja A. Cholan, Nicole G. Weiskopf, Douglas L. Rhoton, Nicholas V. Colin, Rachel L. Ross, Melanie N. Marzullo, Bhavaya Sachdeva, and David A. Dorr