American Heart Association
Puget Sound Hypertension Summit

The American Heart Association has set a bold three-year goal to achieve 75% blood pressure control equally across all participating clinics and health centers that adopt evidence-based blood pressure guidelines in Washington state. The vision is to make attaining healthy blood pressure accessible regardless of whether you obtain services through a health system, federally qualified health center or community clinic. It’s a significant stride toward reducing health disparities in our state.

As we celebrate a century of progress against cardiovascular disease, the American Heart Association is hosting a Hypertension Summit to convene health care leaders and others motivated to improve hypertension control in Washington State. The intended audience is physicians and medical leadership, nursing leaders, quality directors, and leaders from non-government, government, and other public health or community health organizations. The purpose of the Summit is to share best practices, innovations and ideas for blood pressure prevention, treatment and control in Washington. We aim to assemble leaders from health care and public health sectors to discuss and exchange ideas on effectively addressing hypertension within our individual health care systems and collectively as a community.

Summit Objectives

• Share best practices around hypertension prevention, treatment and control
• Promote collaboration through networking
• Inspire attendees to engage in innovative solutions toward our shared vision to reduce the prevalence of unmanaged hypertension and disparities among high blood pressure control rates in Washington

Audience

• Medical directors and physicians
• Nurse managers, supervisors
• Quality directors
• Leaders within health care associations

Mission Statement
Our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. We believe every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. Our Impact Goal for 2024 is to advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality. With bold hearts, we forge ahead into our Second Century, fueling science and innovation, funding lifesaving research and boldly standing for the rights of patients and caregivers, to empower healthier communities and transcend the way we live, work and play. This relentless pursuit will continue until heart disease and stroke are the stories of our past and not of our future. Because a world with equitable health and well-being fuels a future that is yours to create.