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Heading: Coordinating Services for Cardiovascular Events. Heading ends. These strategies explore aspects of the medical care provided following a cardiovascular or cerebrovascular event.  (All four are new strategies to the Best Practice Guide for Heart Disease and Stroke.) List of four items: Cardiac Rehabilitation to Support Recovery from Cardiac Events. Emergency Medical Service Systems for Stroke Treatment. Public Access Defibrillation. Stroke Center Certification. List ends.

Heading: Engaging Organizations to Promote Cardiovascular Health. Heading ends. These strategies explore activities and approaches for promoting cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. (Both are new strategies to the Best Practice Guide for Heart Disease and Stroke.) List of two items: Reducing Sodium to Prevent and Manage Hypertension. Workplace Health Promotion to Prevent and Manage Heart Disease and Stroke. List ends.

Heading: Implementing Technology-Based Strategies to Optimize Cardiovascular Care. Heading ends. These strategies utilize technology to inform clinical decision making to support patients in maintaining their cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. List of two items: Clinical Decision Support Systems. Telehealth (new to the Best Practice Guide for Heart Disease and Stroke). List ends.

Heading: Leveraging Community and Clinical Public Health Workforces. Heading ends. These strategies leverage and combine different sectors of the health workforce to provide high-quality care to prevent and/or manage complications from heart disease and stroke. List of six items: Community Health Workers. Community Paramedicine (new to the Best Practice Guide for Heart Disease and Stroke). Collaborative Practice Agreements to Enable Collaborative Drug Therapy Management. Community Pharmacists and Medication Therapy Management. Tailored Pharmacy-Based Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence (new to the Best Practice Guide for Heart Disease and Stroke). Team-Based Care to Improve High Blood Pressure Control. List ends.

Heading: Supporting Patients in Cardiovascular Disease Self-Management. Heading ends. These strategies enable patients to better manage their conditions by expanding access to medical care and through support, counseling, tools, and education. List of four items: Lifestyle Modification Programs to Control Hypertension (new to the Best Practice Guide for Heart Disease and Stroke). Reducing Out-of- Pocket Costs for Medications. Self-Management Support and Education. Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring with Clinical Support. List ends.