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TAKEHeart

TAKEheart: AHRQ's Initiative To Increase Use of Cardiac Rehabilitation

The TAKEheart Approach

Implementing Automatic Referral

Implementing Automatic Referral

Learn how to design, test, implement, and troubleshoot automatic referral for CR within your hospital's EHR.

Enhancing Care Coordination

Enhancing Care Coordination

Explore ways to establish or enhance care coordination, address the needs of patients, and facilitate CR participation.

Implementing Hybrid CR To Expand Access and Capacity

Implementing Hybrid CR To Expand Access and Capacity

Discover innovative approaches to boost CR enrollment and assess whether to implement hybrid CR to reach more patients.

 
 

Getting Started

See "Getting Started" in the Training Curriculum section (linked below) to explore the essential first steps for launching a quality improvement initiative aimed at increasing CR participation.
TAKEheart is an AHRQ initiative to help hospitals increase patient participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR).
TAKEheart trainings provide actionable guidance for implementing strategies to increase referrals and enrollment in CR.
Through our assessment of TAKEheart, we learned many lessons that will help guide future work in this area. These documents describe lessons learned, key findings, and recommendations for future similar efforts.
Learn about other efforts focused on increasing CR participation and improving heart health for people nationwide.