A Nation of Hypertension Control Champions

"A Nation of Hypertension Control Champions

Since 2012, the Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Champions have shared valuable lessons for clinicians, practices, and health systems that want to improve blood pressure control among their patients. Read on to learn how the Champions achieved their remarkable success in hypertension control. Find strategies that can work in your practice to prevent and manage hypertension and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Who Are the Hypertension Control Champions?

The Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Challenge recognizes practices, clinicians, and health systems that have used creative strategies and evidence-based practices to achieve hypertension control rates of at least 80% for their patient populations. Since 2012, Million Hearts^® has recognized 101 Hypertension Control Champions across the nation for their excellence in meeting—and often exceeding—high benchmarks in blood pressure control.

From 2012-2017 Million Hearts^® recognized clinicians who had achieved hypertension control rates in their patient populations of at least 70%. Given the incredible successes in reaching this goal the benchmark was increased to an 80% control rate in 2018.

Hypertension Control Champions represent the breadth of the health care field, from small, independent, or rural practices to large urban health systems and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Champions use innovations in health information technology, patient communication, team-based care, and other strategies to reduce the risk of heart attack, heart disease, stroke, and other dangerous conditions for millions of people in the United States..."
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