Maine Task Force on Cardiovascular Prevention and Health Care

(formerly known as Secondary Prevention Taskforce)

Mission

Programs

Articles/Items of Interest

Meeting Agendas

Meeting Minutes

Mission

The mission of the Maine Task Force on Cardiovascular Prevention and Health Care is to improve cardiovascular outcomes for individual patients by improving cardiovascular prevention within the context of the relationship between the patient, the providers and the healthcare system.

The Task Force is representative of a broad coalition of cardiac rehab nurses, physicians, and hospital representatives with the goals of coordination, networking, and advocacy for common project addressing the mission.  It meets quarterly in different regions of the State.  To be part of the mailing list, please contact dianec@mcd.org 

Programs

• Get With the Guidelines
• ME-Cares
• Consortium for Office System Improvement
• Guidelines
     - Cholesterol (ATP III Guidelines AT-A-Glance Quick Desk Reference)
     - Blood Pressure (The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on
       Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure)

Articles/Items of Interest

AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease:  2001 Update (once at the site, go to search archives and type in article name)