Get With The GuidelinesSM (GWTG), a hospital-based quality improvement program, is designed to ensure that every patient is consistently treated according to the most recent evidence-based guidelines.
Mission: LifelineSM is a national, community-based initiative created by the American Heart Association to improve systems of care for heart attack patients, including those with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Register for free AHA e-newsletters about heart health topics. Our current e-newsletters cover arrhythmia, cholesterol, heart failure, high blood pressure and peripheral artery disease. Register today!
The American Heart Association needs your help in educating patients on the need to maintain a personal health record (PHR). We have the first step to get you started. Visit the Personal Health Record (PHR) Resource Center today!
Lead your patients to a source you can trust! Visit HeartHub, the premier online cardiovascular and stroke information center that provides patients and caregivers tools to manage their health.
Go Red For Women for Professionals has consolidated information for professionals on women and cardiovascular disease. Find guidelines, physician tools, patient education materials, statistics and special reports.
The Heart Of Diabetes is a free program that helps your patients learn the connection between cardiovascular disease, diabetes and insulin resistance.
For sound medical information that’s easy to read and understand, cost effective and developed with patients in mind, you can rely on American Heart Association and American Stroke Association consumer and patient education materials. Topics include risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke, risk assessment, conditions, procedures and care. View brief descriptions of products through our online catalogs, request samples, or contact our national distributor, Krames, to order.
Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association features easy-to-use pages for patient education. It includes simple, accurate descriptions of critical concepts in cardiovascular diagnosis, testing, methods and therapies. Share this information with your patients as an educational tool. Some topics are also available for PDA download. Learn, Take Action, and Live
Do your patients understand their risk for heart disease? Help them take this simple online risk assessment for estimating the risk of having a heart attack or dying of coronary heart disease in the next 10 years. Then, discuss their results with them.
Download free Answers by Heart patient education sheets that address cardiovascular conditions, treatments and tests, and lifestyle and risk reduction. The topics are presented in a question-and-answer format that’s brief, easy to follow and easy to read. They also allow patients to log and track personal data. Some sheets are also available in Spanish.
Access the Professional Heart Profilers TM, our database of peer-reviewed, journal-published studies accessed using virtual case modeling, the next generation search technology. You can also encourage your patients to make more informed treatment decisions. Recommend the Patient Heart ProfilersTM to your patients and ask them to bring their information to their next appointment. Current topics:
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