MILLION HEARTS™: PHARMACIST-DELIVERED CARE TO IMPROVE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

More than two million people have a heart attack or stroke each year in the US. More than 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day, representing an average of one death every 39 seconds. However, many of these deaths are preventable. Here, Giberson talks about the Million Hearts campai...

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Published in:Public health reports (1974) 2013-01, Vol.128 (1), p.2-6
Main Author: Giberson, Scott F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Diseases - economics
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Community Pharmacy Services - organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Disease prevention
EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE
Health Education
Health outcomes
Health participants
Health policy
Health Promotion
Heart
Heart diseases
Humans
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Medications
Miscellaneous
Mortality
Patient care
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Smoking Cessation
Strokes
United States
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Summary:More than two million people have a heart attack or stroke each year in the US. More than 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day, representing an average of one death every 39 seconds. However, many of these deaths are preventable. Here, Giberson talks about the Million Hearts campaign, which calls for a concerted effort in targeting cardiovascular health.
ISSN:0033-3549
1468-2877
DOI:10.1177/003335491312800102