The Statewide Plan is organized by seven broad goals, listed below.

Lead Partners develop objectives toward achiving the Statewide Plan goals.  Those objectives are listed below.  Lead Partners may propose new objectives to the Statewide Plan at any time.  Lead Partners report their accomplishments on their objectives annually.  Those accomplishments are published in June in the Progress Report.  Download:   2010-2011 Partnership Progress Report

Supporting Partners work toward any of the Statewide Plan goals.  Any organization that reports accomplishments toward those goals is a Supporting Partner.  Those accomplishments are published in June in the Progress Report.   Download: 2010-2011 Partnership Progress Report

More information on Partner organizations and their activities regarding the Statewide Plan are available on the Initiatives webpage.  Create a listing for your organization!  The Initiatives webpage is a great way to publish your activities and to connect with others doing similar work.

Statewide Plan Goal: Promote policy and environmental changes that increase healthy eating and active, smoke-free living.

Secondhand Smoke in Home Settings:  Decrease exposure to secondhand smoke in home settings for Massachusetts residents.
Lead Partner: 
MA Department of Public Health - Tobacco Control Program
Contact:  Patricia Henley This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-6040

QuitWorks in Community Health Centers:  Expand adoption of the tobacco cessation program QuitWorks in Massachusetts community health centers that serve low-income populations and racial and ethnic minorities at high risk for chronic disease.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Tobacco Control Program
Contact:  Elena List This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

QuitWorks for Individuals with Disabilities:  Expand use of the QuitWorks tobacco cessation program by agencies that serve individuals with disabilities in Massachusetts.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Healthy Aging and Disability Unit
Contact:  Linn Morrill   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5965

QuitWorks for Racial and Ethnic Minorities:  Expand use of the tobacco cessation program QuitWorks in healthcare sites that serve racial and ethnic minorities within the Women's Health Network (WHN) and the Men's Health Partnership (MHP).
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Women's Health Network and Men's Health Partnership
Contact:  Anita Christie   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5401

Mass in Motion (MiM):  Change policies to increase physical activity and access to nutritious foods for adults in Massachusetts.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Program/Wellness
Section
Contact:  Chris Nordstrom   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-994-9859

Metabolic Syndrome:  Create, standardize and implement a program to screen all patients in inpatient facilities operated by the MA Department of Mental Health for metabolic syndrome and address any identified risk factors through the client's treatment plan.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Mental Health
Contact:  Daniel Breslin   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Physical Health and Well-being:  Promote physical health and well-being through initiatives that support patients in inpatient facilities operated by the MA Department of Mental Health to make healthy lifestyle changes with increased physical activity and improved nutrition.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Mental Health
Contact:  Daniel Breslin   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Smoking Cessation:  Implement smoking prevention efforts through a standardized tobacco awareness campaign aimed at MA Department of Mental Health adolescents.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Mental Health
Contact:  Daniel Breslin   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Community Based Flexible Support:  Collaborate with Community Based Flexible Support (CBFS) providers to create an environment that promotes healthy lifestyle changes among consumers served by CBFS programs in the community regarding ceasing smoking, increasing physical activity, and improving nutrition.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Mental Health
Contact:  Daniel Breslin   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Wellness Public Policy:  Continue to pursue public policies that encourage smoking cessation, promote physical activity, promote access to proper nutrition, reduce sodium consumption, and provide better access to health screenings and disease prevention programs.
Lead Partner:
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Smoking Cessation Public Policy:  Pursue policy changes to provide smoking cessation benefits comparable to those covered under Mass Health.
Lead Partner:
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Smoking Cessation in Schools:  Content-based individual school nursing interventions to assist students stop smoking.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - School Health Services Program
Contact:  Anne Sheetz   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-6018
University of MA Medical School - Center for Tobacco Treatment Research and Training
Contact:  Lori Pbert   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-856-3515

Work-related Stress and CVD:  Increase awareness of health professionals on the causal association between job strain and cardiovascular disease.
Lead Partner:
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Contact:  Suzanne Nobrega   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 978-934-4640

Worksites and Chronic Disease Prevention:  Increase the number of worksites with evidence-based policies and systems in place to prevent and control chronic diseases including heart disease and stroke in Fall River, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, and Lawrence.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Division of Prevention and Wellness
Contact:  Lisa Erck This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-504-4985
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Heart Disease and Women:  Increase awareness of high risk for heart disease in women in Massachusetts.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Women's Health Network
Contact:  Anita Christie   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5401
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Type 2 Diabetes Control:  Improve the control of blood pressure, cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes, identify systems changes to support intervention in the primary healthcare setting that improve the control of chronic disease, and identify and/or develop and evaluate methods and materials to educate adults on blood pressure control and management.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Contact:  Patricia Daly This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-994-9858
MA Department of Public Health - Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control Program
Contact:  Kathy Foell This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5469

Blood Pressure Measurement:  Redesign systems to improve the accuracy of blood pressure measurement in medical offices.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Women's Health Network and Men's Health Partnership
Contact:  Anita Christie This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5401
MA Department of Public Health - Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control Program
Contact:  Kathy Foell This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5469

Chronic Disease Self-management:  Develop chronic disease self-management for heart disease and stroke.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Healthy Aging and Disability Unit
Contact:  Anita Albright   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5440

Caloric Intake:  Increase consumers' awareness of calories and the recommended caloric intake for someone their age and activity level so that they will use this knowledge to make wiser choices when eating fast-food/restaurant foods, which will list caloric levels of foods in the near future.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Program/Wellness Unit
Contact:  Lynette Desharnais   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

BMI Screening in Schools:  By 2015, increase the percentage of school districts providing universal BMI screening to students in all grades to 95%.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - School Health Services Program
Contact:  Anne Sheetz This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-6018

Stroke Education:  Dedicate resources to better educate at-risk patients about stroke and modifiable risk factors; join together to provide primary care providers with tools and resources that are necessary to fully educate their at-risk patients.
Lead Partner:
The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium
Contact:  Shannon Melluzzo  s This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 413-735-2104

Stroke Public Policy:  Continue to pursue state and federal public policy changes that focus on reducing or managing stroke risk factors.
Lead Partner:
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Stroke Signs and Symptoms:  Increase Massachusetts adults' knowledge and recognition of stroke warning signs and symptoms.

Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control Program
Contact:  Kathy Foell This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5469
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms:  Increase Massachusetts adults' knowledge and recognition of heart attack warning signs and symptoms.
Lead Partner:
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Statewide Plan Goal: Improve emergency medical systems' response to heart attack and stroke.

HeartSafe Communities:  Increase the number of Massachusetts cities and towns designated as HeartSafe Communities.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Office of Emergency Medical Services
Contact:  Sylvia Hobbs   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-753-7304

Pre-hospital Care for Heart Attack:  Improve the quality of care for heart attack (acute cardiac ischemia) in pre-hospital settings through feedback reports on the process and outcomes of patient care.
Lead Partner:
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Contact:  Denise Daudelin This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-636-8237

CPR and AEDs in Schools:  Promote legislation that requires all Massachusetts schools to have a recognized emergency response plan for heart attack and stroke, including CPR training and placement of and training in the use of AEDs.
Lead Partner:
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Essential School Health Services:  Increase the percent of Essential School Health Services (ESHS) school districts that have at least one AED in all school buildings.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - School Health Services Program
Contact:  Anne Sheetz   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-6018

Use of 9-1-1 by Non-English Speakers:  Increase awareness and use of 9-1-1 by the non-English-speaking populations in Massachusetts.
Lead Partner:
State 9-1-1 Department
Contact:  Monna Wallace   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-828-2911

Emergency Response Plans in Worksites:  Increase the number of Massachusetts worksites with emergency response plans for heart attack.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Division of Prevention and Wellness
Contact:  Lisa Erck This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-504-4985
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Emergency Medical Dispatch:  Develop a comprehensive action plan to implement standardized Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) protocols in Massachusetts Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) as appropriate.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Office of Emergency Medical Services
Contact:  Abdullah Rehayem   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-653-7310
State 9-1-1 Department
Contact:  Monna Wallace   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-828-2911

Electronic Data Collection by Ambulance Services:  Increase the percentage of Massachusetts ambulance services that electronically collect and transmit the mandated National Emergency Medical Service Information System (NEMSIS) pre-hospital data set.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Office of Emergency Medical Services
Contact:  Ridgely Ficks This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-753-8086

Pre-hospital Acute Stroke Care:  Promote and facilitate the collection and use of objective, standardized stroke measures by EMS agencies for use in quality improvement.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Office of Emergency Medical Services
Contact:  Kathy Foell   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5469
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Contact:  Denise Daudelin   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-636-8237

Pre-notification Policies:  Develop and implement EMS policies regarding advanced pre-notification of possible stroke patients, with agencies using a standardized set of criteria for pre-notifying hospital emergency departments of patients with possible strokes.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Office of Emergency Medical Services
Contact:  Kathy Foell   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5469

Statewide Plan Goal: Improve the quality of care for acute and sub-acute events of heart disease and stroke.

Stroke Care in Hospitals:  Sustain the Stroke Collaborative Reaching for Excellence (SCORE) to foster an improvement in stroke care including measuring, tracking, and improving the quality of care for acute stroke patients.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control Program
Contact:  Laura Coe This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5499
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Lisa Bemben   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-656-2009

Online Clinical Education:  Create an online educational module for clinical education of staff meeting Primary Stroke Service (PSS) requirements.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control Program
Contact:  Kathy Foell This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 617-624-5469

Telemedicine Reimbursement:  Pursue state legislation to broaden the reimbursement of care of stroke patients to include telemedicine services.
Lead Partner:
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-9335-3943

Stroke Transfer Protocols:  Ensure pre-specified inter-hospital transfer protocols for patients with stroke as appropriate.
Lead Partner:
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Stroke Education and Dialogue:  Gather and make freely available up-to-date educational resources and "best practices" for hospital-based stroke prevention and education, while supporting interactive dialogue among those involved in stroke care.
Lead Partner:
The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium
Contact:  Shannon Melluzzo   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 413-735-2104

Discharge Packets:  Develop a uniform discharge packet that includes patient and caregiver education materials covering the 5 areas specified in the harmonized consensus measure set (AHA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC, The Joint Commission or TJC).  Establish systems to ensure that all patients have an opportunity for face-to-face discussion during the inpatient admission.
Lead Partner:
The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium
Contact:  Shannon Melluzzo   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 413-735-2104

Stroke and TIA Discharge Education:  Establish provider systems to ensure that all stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients and their families have their questions answered and receive appropriate inpatient and discharge education on stroke and TIA.
Lead Partner:
The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium
Contact:  Shannon Melluzzo   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 413-735-2104

Statewide Plan Goal: Prevent secondary cardiac and stroke events by improving rehabilitation and post-acute care services.

Rehabilitation Screening and Assessment:  Ensure that every stroke patient's functional status and rehabilitation needs are assessed during inpatient hospitalization using a standardized screening and assessment tool.
Lead Partner:
The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium
Contact:  Shannon Melluzzo   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 413-735-2104

Stroke Reimbursement:  Advocate for inclusion of identified stroke reimbursement needs in any payment reform legislation to ensure that services are reimbursed for stroke patients throughout a patient's incident, including care received within or during the transition between domains.
Lead Partner:
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Contact:  Allyson Perron   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 508-935-3943

Statewide Plan Goal: Improve access to health care for heart disease, stroke, and related risk factors for all populations in Massachusetts.

No Lead Partner objective submitted.

Accomplished Objectives

Accomplished in 2010-2011

Tobacco-free campuses at all MA Department of Mental Health-owned or -operated properties.
Lead Partner:
Ma Department of Mental Health

Quality Improvement Collaborative in Community Health Centers.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, with MA League of Community Health Centers

Accomplished in 2008-2009

Tobacco cessation for inpatients in MA Department of Mental Health facilities.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Mental Health

Accomplished in 2006-2007

Decrease Massachusetts employees' exposure to secondhand smoke by enforcing the worksite smoking ban law.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Tobacco Control Program

Increase provision of interpreter services for non-English-speaking 9-1-1 callers in Massachusetts.
Lead Partner: 
Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Board (SETB - former State 9-1-1 Department)

Increase the number of EMTs trained to identify stroke using the Boston Operation Stroke Scale (BOSS) or equivalent.
Lead Partners:
MA Department of Public Health - Office of Emergency Medical Services
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

Accomplished in 2005-2006

Increase the number of Massachusetts hospitals with Primary Stroke Service designations so that all residents live within 30 minutes of a hospital certified to treat acute stroke.
Lead Partner:
MA Department of Public Health - Division of Health Care Quality