Achieving Optimal Population Cardiovascular Health Requires an Interdisciplinary Team and a Learning Healthcare System: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Issue 2 (12th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Foraker, Randi E.; Benziger, Catherine P.; DeBarmore, Bailey M.; Cené, Crystal W.; Loustalot, Fleetwood; Khan, Yosef; Anderson, Cheryl A.M.; Roger, Véronique L.
• Is Part Of: Circulation. Volume 143:Issue 2(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-01-12
• Subjects: AHA Scientific Statements -- cardiovascular diseases -- delivery of health care -- disease management -- interdisciplinary research -- learning health system -- population health; Blood -- Circulation -- Periodicals; Cardiovascular system -- Periodicals; Cardiology -- Periodicals; Heart -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Blood Circulation; Cardiovascular System; Vascular Diseases; 616.1
• DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000913
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-7322

Abstract

Abstract : Population cardiovascular health, or improving cardiovascular health among patients and the population at large, requires a redoubling of primordial and primary prevention efforts as declines in cardiovascular disease mortality have decelerated over the past decade. Great potential exists for healthcare systems–based approaches to aid in reversing these trends. A learning healthcare system, in which population cardiovascular health metrics are measured, evaluated, intervened on, and re-evaluated, can serve as a model for developing the evidence base for developing, deploying, and disseminating interventions. This scientific statement on optimizing population cardiovascular health summarizes the current evidence for such an approach; reviews contemporary sources for relevant performance and clinical metrics; highlights the role of implementation science strategies; and advocates for an interdisciplinary team approach to enhance the impact of this work.