Heart Healthy Ohio Initiative: A Statewide Cooperative to Improve Cardiovascular Risk
HHOI demonstrates the feasibility and early success of a statewide, cooperative QI infrastructure to improve BP control. This model may be replicable in other states and offers insights for addressing hypertension control through targeted, scalable strategies.
Authors
- Tom Love
- K. C. Stange
- Stephanie Kanuch
- Leon McDougle
- Jordan Fiegl
- Adam T. Perzynski
- Jackson T. Wright
- Aleece Caron
- Eileen Seeholzer
- Douglas Einstadter
- Shari Bolen
- Saundra Regan
- Catherine Sullivan
- on behalf of the Heart Healthy Ohio Initiative
- Randy Wexler
- Chris Taylor
Institutions
- MetroHealth (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- MetroHealth Medical Center (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-026-10171-6
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality