Million Hearts® is a national initiative co-led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes within 5 years. The initiative works with public- and private-sector partners to focus on advancing a set of strategies selected for their proven impact on preventing cardiovascular events. Collectively, Million Hearts® serves as a learning lab and repository of tools, protocols, and resources for partners to implement strategies across three priority areas: Building Healthy Communities, Optimizing Care, and Focusing on Priority Populations, and its national impact continues to grow. 

NACDD has worked closely with Million Hearts® since 2012 on multiple components of the initiative through a cooperative agreement with the CDC.

Amplifying and Engaging CDD in Million Hearts®

These projects have focused on:

• Improving blood pressure control by recognizing provider achievements and driving uptake of self-measured blood pressure monitoring (SMBP)
• Advancing cardiac rehabilitation (CR) by convening experts and stakeholders, supporting resource development and dissemination, and providing funding opportunities to improve CR referral, participation, and completion
• Encouraging hospitals and health systems to systematically strive to improve cardiovascular health of the populations they serve
• Gathering Million Hearts® Partners monthly to provide updates on activities and resources, collaborate, and learn from each other’s contribution. Please join us!

Explore all the ways NACDD supports the Million Hearts^® initiative by viewing more about each project in the sections below. Please also visit Million Hearts® to learn more about the initiative and explore the priority areas below for resources to help you take action.