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title: "Why Practices Participate"
url: https://healthyheartsintheheartland.org/practices-interested-in-participating/
description: "The original H3 recruiting page, preserved as it was published while the project was enrolling small primary care practices."
published: 2026-08-10
updated: 2026-08-10
---

# Why Practices Participate

Published 2026-08-10

[Home](https://healthyheartsintheheartland.org/) / [Why Practices Participated](https://healthyheartsintheheartland.org/practices-participating/) / Original recruiting page

This page is kept as it was published while the project was enrolling clinics. Recruitment is now closed.

## Why Practices Participate

H3 is a research project that may help your practice:

- Strengthen prevention for heart disease and stroke by focusing on the ABCS — Aspirin, Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management and Smoking cessation;
- Build or enhance infrastructure to report and use quality data to improve care;
- Generate new opportunities for providers to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits and maintain board certifications;
- Prepare to take advantage of fee-for-service reimbursement opportunities and quality-based incentive programs; and
- Prepare for our healthcare system’s rapid shift toward value-based reimbursement.

## Individualized Coaching at the Center of H3

H3 will help you implement strategies to monitor your patients’ cardiovascular care. For one year, expert facilitators will support small practice clinics as they:

- Optimize electronic health record (EHR) clinical decision support functionality.
- Implement and modify office-based protocols. Coaching will incorporate Million Hearts best practices.
- Encourage team-based approaches.
- Collect and analyze clinical quality measures.

## Heart Health Measures that Matter

The quality measures at the center of H3 are known as “ABCS” — aspirin when appropriate, blood pressure control, cholesterol management and smoking cessation.

## Eligibility

Clinics are eligible to participate if they:

- Have ≤ 10 providers (MD, DO, NP, PA)
- Are focused on adult primary care
- Have a certified electronic health record system
- Do not currently receive significant quality improvement support

## Participation Timeline

### Onboarding

Winter '16 or Spring '16

- Consent
- Software installation
- Baseline survey

### Facilitation

Month 0–12

- Training and technical support to use QI tools
- Monthly reports and up to weekly coaching sessions
- Educational resources and opportunities (e.g., webinars, peer groups)
- Support to participate in quality and payer programs

### Monitoring

Months 12–18

- Data collection
- Access to tools and resources
- Exit survey at 18 months