Preventing 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017 : the Million Hearts Initiative ; Preventing one million heart attacks and strokes by 2017 : the Million Hearts Initiative

On August 21, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS) and the Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development (DSEPD) within CDC’s Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS) convened over 40 stakeholders in Atlanta, Georgia for a working meeting entitled Advancing Integration of Population Health into Graduate Medical Education: The CDC Milestones Project (the “Milestones Meeting�). The purposes of the meeting were to ; • Engage key stakeholders and garner support for the systematic integration of population health competencies into graduate medical education (GME) ; • Share lessons learned from related endeavors ; • Discuss components of a framework for mapping population health milestones ; Million Hearts™ – Making a Difference [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Janet S. Wright, p. 8-26] -- Million Hearts™ – Seizing the Opportunities� [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Patrick Conway p. 27-43] -- New York City Initiatives to Reduce Heart Disease and Stroke [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Thomas A. Farley, p. 44-61] -- Be There: Making San Diego County a Heart Attack and Stroke Free Zone [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Anthony N. DeMaria, p. 62-76].