This communication tool from the Million Hearts Initiative contains PowerPoint slides and talking points for partners to communicate the value of CR, estimated CR participation rates, persistent disparities in participation, barriers to uptake, and opportunities to increase CR participation in support of achieving the Million Hearts® target of 70% CR participation among those eligible.

This communication tool from the Million Hearts Initiative contains PowerPoint slides and talking points for partners to communicate the value of CR, estimated CR participation rates, persistent disparities in participation, barriers to uptake, and opportunities to increase CR participation in support of achieving the Million Hearts® target of 70% CR participation among those eligible.

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Categories: Practice Support
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Description of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR). Comprehensive, medically-supervised, secondary cardiovascular disease prevention program Typically administered in 36 X 31+ minute-long sessions over ~12 weeks to: Limit the effects of cardiac illness Reduce the risk for death or secondary cardiovascular events Prevent rehospitalization Control cardiac symptoms Stabilize or reverse the atherosclerotic process Improve health, quality of life, and vocational status of patients