Million Hearts® in the Community

Million Hearts® in the Community

2018 Hypertension Control Champions use powerful strategies to achieve success.

New stories about the latest Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Champions detail two very different practices, one urban and one rural, and how they used resources and tools to improve hypertension control rates for their patients.

Read About the Champions’ Strategies

Grant recipient helped people gain “freedom from smoking.”

The Needham Health Department in Needham, Massachusetts, is working to decrease tobacco use in its community through Freedom from Smoking, an evidence-based, 8-week smoking cessation program from the American Lung Association.

Learn How to Implement the Program in Your Community

Maryland’s Hood College supports student and faculty wellness with Million Hearts® strategies.

Hood College is using Million Hearts® strategies, like blood pressure monitoring and lifestyle counseling, to help nursing students, faculty, and staff adopt healthier habits on and off campus. In this video, students and administrators speak about Hood College’s Million Hearts® Project and how it has affected their lives.

Watch the Hood College Video

Texas health center shows the power of patient engagement in improving blood pressure control.

Lone Star Circle of Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center, boosted its blood pressure control rate to nearly 77%, in part by providing patients with home blood pressure monitors. Learn its success strategies and how the center earned special recognition from the American Medical Association and the American Heart Association.

Read About the Success Strategies