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Key Recommendations: How State Health Agencies Can Support Million Hearts

Resource Type,
Topic,
State Examples,
Success Stories,
Community-Clinical Linkages,
Community Healthcare Professionals,
Community Team-Based Care/Care Coordination,
Pharmacists,
Data-Driven Action,
Information Exchange and Health Information Technology,
Hospital and Health Systems Data,
Surveillance,
Financing and Policy,
Payment Models and Healthcare Delivery Reform,
Supporting Community Healthcare Professionals,
Sustainable Systems Change,
Cross-Sector Partnerships,
Recommendations,
Guidelines

ASTHO convened a Million Hearts Advisory Roundtable to find innovative strategies for public health and primary care integration to support the Million Hearts initiative. Key recommendations from this action-oriented meeting outline ...

Understanding Blood Pressure: A Handy Guide to Understanding What Blood Pressure Is, How It Affects You, and How to Measure It at Home

Resource Type,
Topic,
Texas,
Engagement and Education Materials,
Patient Materials,
Hypertension Detection,
Hypertension Definitions,
Hypertension Treatment and Management,
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Self-Management,
Evidence-Based and Promising Programs,
Self-Management and Lifestyle Change

This is a guide to help patients understand what hypertension is, what can be done about it, and how they can manage it from home. The Texas Department of State Health Services Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section ...

My Blood Pressure Passport

Texas,
Resource Type,
Engagement and Education Materials,
Patient Materials,
Topic,
Hypertension Treatment and Management,
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Self-Management,
Evidence-Based and Promising Programs,
Self-Management and Lifestyle Change

This resource, developed by the Texas Heart Disease and Stroke Program, provides patients with information on how to measure and evaluate their blood pressure as well as space to record their measurements and current medications, allowing ...

Green County Health Department Blood Pressure Screening Forms

Wisconsin,
Resource Type,
Topic,
Engagement and Education Materials,
Provider Materials and Forms,
Hypertension Detection,
Screening and Referral Systems,
Community-Clinical Linkages,
Community Team-Based Care/Care Coordination,
Hypertension Treatment and Management

The Green County Health Department (Wisconsin) developed this blood pressure screening form for use during community-based screenings. It contains space for personal information, nurse's notes, referrals, and follow-up blood pressure ...

Public Health Agency-Payer Collaboration to Address Hypertension

Resource Type,
Topic,
State Examples,
Success Stories,
Community-Clinical Linkages,
Community Healthcare Professionals,
Community Team-Based Care/Care Coordination,
Pharmacists,
Data-Driven Action,
Hospital and Health Systems Data,
Information Exchange and Health Information Technology,
Surveillance,
Financing and Policy,
Payment Models and Healthcare Delivery Reform,
Supporting Community Healthcare Professionals,
Sustainable Systems Change,
Aligned Vision and Leadership,
Cross-Sector Partnerships,
Recommendations,
Guidelines

Partnerships between state health agencies and public and private payers are critical to effective statewide efforts to improve hypertension identification and control. This white paper describes opportunities, strategies, and example ...

States Continue to Address PFAS in U.S. Food and Water Supply

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
PFAS,
California,
Delaware,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Maine,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
Pennsylvania,
Vermont,
West Virginia,
Beth Giambrone,
Heather Tomlinson

States Continue to Address PFAS in U.S. Food and Water Supply States Continue Addressing PFAS in Food and Water Supplies Heather Tomlinson, Beth Giambrone Read how federal and state actions aim to tighten regulations to reduce PFAS ...

C.H.I.L.L.I Protocol to Detect Hypertension in the Undiagnosed Patient (Oklahoma)

Oklahoma,
Topic,
Resource Type,
Engagement and Education Materials,
Provider Materials and Forms,
State Examples,
Hypertension Detection,
Screening and Referral Systems,
Hypertension Treatment and Management,
Standardizing Clinical Practice

The Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality published this one-page document with guidance on accurate blood pressure measurement and a protocol for clinicians to use with patients who have elevated blood pressure and are not currently ...

Jasper Newton County Public Health Department Home Blood Pressure Policy

Texas,
Resource Type,
Engagement and Education Materials,
Provider Materials and Forms,
Workflows and Protocols,
Topic,
Hypertension Detection,
Screening and Referral Systems,
Hypertension Treatment and Management,
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Self-Management,
Evidence-Based and Promising Programs,
Self-Management and Lifestyle Change,
Recommendations,
Guidelines

This resource documents the policy and procedure of the Jasper Newton County Public Health Department's Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program. This program, in collaboration with the Texas Department of State Health Service's ...