Cardiovascular disease (CV), which includes heart disease and stroke, is the leading cause of death nationwide. In 2006, heart disease attributed to 26% of deaths in Ohio, and almost 200,000 hospitalizations. While overall men and women face similar risks for being diagnosed with CV disease, black men (+21%) and black women (+26%) disproportionately die from CV disease at higher rates than white men and women. Additionally, men and women of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to develop CV disease than their counterparts.
The Ohio Department of Medicaid and the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center are working with Case Western Reserve University to develop the Ohio Cardiovascular Health Collaborative (OCHC). This collaborative project:
Engage six academic medical center institutions to join the OCHC: The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, Ohio University, and Wright State University, University of Toledo, and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
- Share best practices and expand primary care capacity to manage cardiovascular disease
- Launch OCHC ECHO Hub to expand primary care clinician knowledge regarding CVD, highlighting cases as case studies and sharing best practices for CVD care and outcomes
- Host teleconference and webinars for education to share best practices among participating organizations and practices
- Work with HQIP to identify potential best practices to include in the CVD toolkit
Identify and adapt existing tools and resources to develop a standardized interprofessional CVD toolkit that includes standards for clinical experiences for Medicaid health professionals
- Adapt (IPE) tools and resources supporting the hypertension QI project in primary care practices with a high volume of Medicaid enrollees including clinical content as well as education around coaching teams for QI
- Provide assistance to educators in adapting existing educational materials to promote greater engagement in care by adults with disabilities for current Medicaid providers
- Continue to review educational materials from the American Heart Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Million Hearts initiative, and other professional societies involved in CVD prevention
- Disseminate relevant content developed from the HQIP and include as part of the toolkit and shared repository with academic institutions (including clinical and QI education content)
Maintain and expand a mechanism for sharing resources
- Launch and maintain a website to share tools and resources across the OCHC and with others interested in using the toolkit. In addition to a web presence, allocate shared storage space to act as a shared repository for OCHC resources
- The OCHC will review best practices from the HQIP, and determine how best to link to these and/or include them in the shared repository
Identify a strategy and implementation plan to disseminate resources and best practices to other academic institutions
- Integrate with local learning collaboratives and institute a yearly in-person statewide learning collaborative to highlight best practices among Ohio’s institutions
- Provide assistance with referral/recommendations to institutions on how to implement and utilize existing resources (e.g.Million Hearts).
Track and evaluate common metrics to demonstrate OCHC's success, including measures that identify and monitor disparities
