Contact
For additional information on CDC's National Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Training, contact:
Linda J. Redman
CDC/NCCDPHP
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
4770 Buford Hwy NE
Mailstop K-47
Atlanta, GA 30341
Telephone: 770-488-8056
Fax: 770-488-8151
E-mail: lxr7@cdc.gov
Projects addressing one of the 6 priority areas: Improve Quality of Care
Kentucky ’s Physician’s Quality Initiative – Heart Disease and Stroke Provider Toolkit
The Kentucky Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program developed in conjunction with Health Care Excel, Inc., Kentucky ’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, a toolkit designed to help physicians and medical professionals work with their patients to manage risk factors for heart disease and stroke. This toolkit contains a Kentucky Heart Disease Fact Sheet, new blood pressure guidelines (JNC7 Reference Card), chart stickers for physician/nurse prompts on persons with risk factors for heart disease and/or stroke, a fact sheet on heart disease in Kentucky , and patient/consumer education materials developed by the American Heart Association.
