EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care | Agency for Health Research and Quality

EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care | Agency for Health Research and Quality

Featured Studies on Improving Primary Care

AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care initiative funds studies on how providing external support, such as practice facilitation, can increase the capacity of small and medium-sized primary care practices to improve heart health. The effort helps practices increase the use of evidence-based interventions such as the use of aspirin for eligible patients, blood pressure controls, cholesterol management and smoking cessation counseling. Recent publications include:

• Exemplary Practices in Cardiovascular Care: Results on Clinical Quality Measures From the EvidenceNOW Southwest Cooperative
• Readiness and Implementation of Quality Improvement Strategies Among Small- and Medium-Sized Primary Care Practices: An Observational Study
• Practice Level Factors Associated With Enhanced Engagement With Practice Facilitators; Findings From The Heart Health Now Study

Access other published studies from this initiative.