National Initiatives to Prevent Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

In 2011, the US Department of Health and Human Services launched the Million Hearts initiative, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with participation from a wide range of federal agencies, state governments, clinical consortia, community and professional organizations, and other partners. The goal of the initiative was to prevent 1 million myocardial infarctions and strokes over 5 years.