Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge

Million Hearts® is a national initiative that aims to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes in five years. To help achieve its goal, Million Hearts® began a competitive challenge called The Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge to identify practices, physicians and health systems that have demonstrated exceptional achievements in controlling hypertension. Those achieving control rates greater than 70% are eligible to enter the 2013 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge.

In 2012, Million Hearts® recognized Kaiser Permanente Colorado and Ellsworth Medical Clinic in Wisconsin as Hypertension Control Champions for their success in achieving greater than 80% control among their patient populations with high blood pressure.

More information about the 2013 Challenge is online. The Challenge is open through Sept. 9, 2013.