142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Million Hearts and Hypertension Control: Oklahoma’s Story

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

Terry Cline, PhD , State Department of Public Health, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Julie Cox-Kain, MPA , Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma In support of the goals of the national Million Hearts initiative, with support from the CDC, and through the ASTHO Million Hearts State Learning Collaborative, the Oklahoma State Department of Health is working with health care, health information technology, quality improvement, payer partners across the state, as well as Indian Health Services to create systems change to implement best practices and evidence-based policies to identify, control, and improve hypertension. This cross-sector team is focusing on efforts in two key areas: • Leveraging Data: Key activities include: 1) Incorporating hospital quality reports and preventable hospitalizations/HTN data into the OK2SHARE data system; 2) Developing a "how to use" guide for accessing and using MONAHRQ data on preventable hospitalizations, and promoting the guide through key partners. • Standardizing clinical protocols and financing mechanisms: Key activities include: 1)Developing and distributing standardized BP collection protocol and pharmacotherapy patient assessment protocol to ID barriers to medication use, dosing and adherence; and 2) Developing protocol for coordinating care between pharmacists, physicians, and care coordinators. In addition, Oklahoma is partnering with BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma to develop a pay-for-performance system that reimburses for care coordination, pharmacy, and community-based services based on HTN outcomes.

Learning Areas:

Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Describe the multi-state learning collaborative model used in the Million Hearts initiative. Identify the key levers for systems change at the state to local levels. Demonstrate how utilizing rapid change cycle can be used for multi-level systems change.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Dr. Cline began his tenure as Oklahoma’s Commissioner of Health effective June 30, 2009. Dr. Cline was appointed to this position by the Oklahoma State Board of Health and he is the 20th State Health Commissioner to serve since the position was first created in 1907. In February 2011, Gov. Mary Fallin appointed him to serve concurrently as Oklahoma’s Cabinet Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.