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HHS challenge aims to improve hypertension via health IT solutions
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The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new challenge to help clinical practices use electronic health records and other health information technology to improve hypertension.
The EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge, launched by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, is accepting submissions from health care professionals and other caregivers of health IT-based clinical decision support tools that help guide selection of effective hypertension therapies. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 6. Winners will be announced Oct. 28.
“Heart disease and stroke are two of the leading causes of death in the US, and there are many health care providers who employ clinical decision support tools, like standardized treatment approaches or protocols to control hypertension among their patients. This challenge helps us find the best examples of those efforts and scale them up,” Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, national coordinator for health IT, said in a press release.
The challenge is part of the Million Hearts initiative, led by the CDC and CMS, to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.