Public health interventions to improve access and quality of care for patients with acute cardiac events: Overview of the HeartRescue China program

• Main Authors: Feng Liu, Lin Zhang, Min Ge, Jian Xing, Bingquan You, Xianghui Zhang, Oumin Shi, Bentley Bobrow, Kenneth A LaBresh, Michael G Trisolini, Zhijie Zheng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
• Series: Cardiology Plus
• Subjects: Acute Cardiacevents; China HeartRescue; Public health
• Online Access: http://www.cardiologyplus.org/article.asp?issn=2470-7511;year=2016;volume=1;issue=2;spage=30;epage=37;aulast=Liu

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the biggest cause of deaths worldwide. More than 17 million people die from CVDs annually. The HeartRescue Global Program is a five-year international healthcare program, sponsored by Medtronic Philanthropy and its partners, that supports community-based demonstration projects specifically designed to expand access to life saving interventions for acute cardiovascular events. Both global in scope and local in nature, HeartRescue focuses on working with healthcare partners in select communities in China, India, and Russia. The Heart Rescue Global Program will draw upon important lessons learned and expertise from within the on-going Heart Rescue-US Project. HeartRescue China has begun operating in select districts of China. This article focuses on introduces in details of the specific aims of the project, major components and activities, Expected Measurable Outcomes of the HeartRescue Program. This article focuses on and introduces in detail.