Wisconsin Collaborative for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Initiative

The Wisconsin Cardiovascular Health Program, in partnership with multiple organizations, is launching the statewide Collaborative for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Initiative. The initiative's goal is to control and / or prevent cardiovascular disease throughout the state of Wisconsin. Over 7,000 health care providers across Wisconsin have been invited to participate in promoting cardiovascular disease control and prevention. 

Many of the risk factors of cardiovascular disease such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity are preventable and modifiable.   The Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Initiative promotes proactive risk factor assessment, testing, lifestyle modification counseling, and appropriate medical treatment through a variety of tools and materials.

The goals of this Initiative are to:

• Increase the rate of blood pressure screening
• Increase the rate of blood lipid profile testing
• Increase the rate of proper medical treatment
• Decrease the rate of cardiovascular disease risk factors
• Decrease the rate of cardiovascular disease events
• Decrease the deaths of cardiovascular disease in Wisconsin
• Improve the quality of care for cardiovascular disease patients
• Improve the quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease risk factors in Wisconsin
• Promote healthy lifestyles
• Promote physical activity

The Collaborative Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Initiative includes the following promotional tools and materials:

• Preventing Cardiovascular Events in Persons at Risk or With Established Cardiovascular Disease (PDF, 189 KB)
  This is a laminated, easy to use, one-page (two-sides) provider guidance tool, that incorporates recommendations from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiologists, the National Cholesterol Education Program
  (ATP III), JNC 7, and other scientific statements and guidelines. New recommendations from ATP III (PDF, 85 KB) are available in July 2004.
• Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Communication Record  (PDF, 9 KB)
  This form can be used to convey essential cardiovascular-related lab test results, treatment and follow-up recommendations to the patient’s health care providers.
• Personal Heart Care Record  (PDF, 141 KB)
  Patients can use the wallet card to track their test dates, test results, goals, and medications. These cards can be ordered from the Wisconsin Cardiovascular Health Program or can be personalized with your health system's name / logo.

You may request, at no-cost to you, these tools and materials by mailing or faxing the Cardiovascular Resource Materials Order Form (PDF, 69 KB) to the Wisconsin Cardiovascular Health Program. The order form also includes website locations for guidelines and scientific statements that are referenced in the guidance tool.

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Last Revised: October 24, 2008