Heart Health Check Toolkit

Streamline CVD risk assessment and management in general practice with the Heart Health Check Toolkit

Heart Health Check describes the first MBS items (699 and 177) that incorporate a comprehensive CVD risk assessment and ongoing management plan for people who do not have CVD.

Routine Heart Health Checks can help identify cardiovascular risk early

• The burden of CVD remains high in Australia.

• CVD accounts for 1,500 hospitalisations per day.¹

• More than half of Australian adults have three or more risk factors for heart disease.²

This Toolkit includes practical advice, resources and ready-to-use templates to support you and your practice integrating Heart Health Checks into routine patient care. Get started below.

For queries or to provide feedback about this Toolkit, please email cvdriskteam@heartfoundation.org.au.

References

_{1. Australian Bureau of Statistics. ‘Causes of Death, Australia, 2018’. 2019. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/causes-death-australia/2018}

_{2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD). 2020.}

_{3. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Heart, stroke and vascular disease. 2021. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/heart-stroke-vascular-diseases/hsvd-facts/contents/about}

_{4. Yusuf S, Hawken S, Ounpuu S, et al. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. Lancet. 2004;364(9438):937–952. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17018-9.}