The Population Health Learning Collaborative is funded by the New Mexico Department of Health Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program.

In FY24 there will be two PHLC meetings held via zoom, and the PHLC will host a track at the 2024 Advancing Health Equity Symposium. Please check back here for the latest information.

Our Population Health Learning Collaborative members include:

• Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless
• Border Partners
• Chaves County Health Council
• Comagine Health
• Constellation Consulting
• Duran Central Pharmacy
• Health Action New Mexico
• Public Health Pharmacist
• WYSAC
• Zia ACO

If you are interested in learning more about joining the Population Health Learning Collaborative, please contact Bianca Kertson at bianca@constellationnm.com.

Check out these resources!

General Information & Reports

• Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring (SMBP) Resources
• What is Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring
• NM PHC: Health Systems Assessment Report, June 2020; prepared by Comagine Health

Community Health Workers, Community Health Representatives, and Promotoras

The New Mexico Department of Health Office of Community Health Workers offers a variety of resources for CHWs, CHRs, and Promotoras. Please visit them online for more information: https://www.nmhealth.org/about/phd/pchb/ochw/

Videos

• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC): How to Use Your Home BP Monitor is a brief video explaining the value of SMBP to patients and the key steps they should follow to take an accurate blood pressure measurement outside of the clinical office.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tGyRJxbYpQ (English)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQLDGAwQvzE (Spanish)

Resources to Find a Home Blood Pressure Monitor

• AMA SMBP cuff selection
  https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2020-05/smbp-cuff-selection.pdf
• US Blood Pressure Validated Device Listing (VDLTM)
  https://www.validatebp.org/

Select Case Studies

• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC): Self-measurement: How patients and care teams are bringing blood pressure to control; A video describing the experience of three community health centers in providing SMBP and the stories of their patients who used SMBP to improve their health.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGO-I59UMDg (full video)
  https://youtu.be/VNQQ8ranUZo (D’Angelo’s Story)
  https://youtu.be/malq4KnCESY (Natalia’s Story)

• Hypertension Control Champions Success Stories - A webpage with SMBP success stories from the Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Champions, those clinicians, practices, and/or health systems recognized by CDC for achieving exemplar hypertension control rates.
  https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/partners-progress/champions/success_stories.html

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To learn more, and to join the Population Health Learning Collaborative and our efforts, please email Bianca Kertson at bianca@constellationnm.com.

Population Health Collaborative 2023 Conference

Prior to FY24, Constellation Consulting and the New Mexico Department of Health's Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program convened the Population Health Collaborative which was focused on addressing six key strategies to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases. Please click here to see past PHC sessions and Conference information.