HHS, through the ONC, has initiated a challenge for healthcare providers to submit the electronic health record tools they use to combat high blood pressure.
The EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge is part of Million Hearts, a national initiative aimed at preventing 1 million strokes and heart attacks by 2017.
"Heart disease and stroke are two of the leading causes of death in the US, and there are many healthcare providers who employ clinical decision support tools, like standardized treatment approaches or protocols to control hypertension among their patients," said National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, in a news release. "This challenge helps us find the best examples of those efforts and scale them up."
Healthcare providers can submit evidence-based treatment protocols until Oct. 6. The challenge's winners will be announced on Oct. 28.
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