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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, with someone dying every 36 seconds because of cardiovascular disease.

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The good news is that by eating a healthy diet, being physically active, not smoking, and managing risk factors for heart disease, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity, you can significantly reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. 

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                          helps you build heart-healthy habits by delivering customized tips, reminders, and motivation to your mobile phone by text. 

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TIPS

Practical tips on diet, exercise, and living a heart healthy lifestyle will be delivered to you by text 3-5 times a week. The tips will focus on small, doable changes that can add up to BIG improvements in your overall health. They will be customized based on your personal risk factors for heart disease.

REMINDERS

With busy lives, it is easy to get sidetracked and forget to take medicine or monitor your health. heartBEAT gives you the ability to schedule customized text message reminders to take medication, exercise, check blood sugars, or monitor blood pressure. 

MOTIVATION

If you could use a little extra encouragement, heartBEAT will send you general motivational messages or a personal motivational message you design yourself. To make getting healthy more fun, there will be monthly heartBEAT contests that can qualify you to win prizes. 

This 6 month program is available for FREE to people from
participating clinics and community programs.

ENROLL

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We are enrolling people from participating clinics and community programs in this free, 6 month program. To be eligible, you must have a risk factor for or history of heart disease, have a phone that can accept text messages and a plan that allows unlimited incoming text messages, and receive care at a participating clinic or community program.  
CURRENT ACTIVE PROGRAMS
  • Care Connections Rx
  • Eastern Shore Rural Health System
  • EVMS (Eastern Virginia Medical School) Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program
  • Halifax Pharmacy
  • Healthy Heart Ambassador Program
  • Healthy Portsmouth Million Hearts Initiative
  • IAWH Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program
  • Johnson Health Center Chronic Care Management
  • Mary Washington Healthcare Hypertension Program
  • Mother of Mercy Free Medical Clinic
  • Rappahannock Area YMCA Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program
  • Sentara Halifax Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
  • St. Luke's Community Clinic Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program
  • Top Notch Pharmacy
  • UVA Population Health
To enroll, click the sign-up button below. This will take you will take you to the enrollment form. 
If your clinic or community is not listed above, heartBEAT is unfortunately not currently available to you. We are working on expanding the program, so feel free to check back or to email us your contact information so we can put you on our wait list and let you know if the program becomes available in your area.  
Funded through CDC Cooperative Agreements NU58DP006535 (LivingWell In Virginia) and NU58DP006620 (InnoVAte). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  
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