ASCVD Prevention Suite for Android

11 things about ASCVD Prevention Suite

1. We created a set of patient education slides with links to videos to teach practical ways to accomplish lifestyle changes, based on the new ACC/AHA lifestyle guideline.

2. The report incorporates all four ACC/AHA 2013 prevention guidelines (cholesterol, hypertension, lifestyle, and obesity), in addition to JNC8 and American Society of hypertension guideline (2013).

3. The new guideline uses a new 10-year ASCVD (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) risk prediction tool called the Pooled Cohort Equation.

4. The app provides specific guideline recommendations related to your patient based on the calculated risk.

5. The Consult Advisor enables user to quickly generate a model consult report based on the patient data, after calculation of the ASCVD risk.

6. Guideline flowcharts for clinicians have been redrawn based on careful reading of the guideline and extensive clinical experience using the new guideline.

7. We were the first free iPhone app for ASCVD risk calculation when the guideline was first published.

8. In addition to calculating the score, the app helps you apply the guideline to your patient.

9. Implement the new ACC/AHA 2013 Lipid guideline for treatment of cholesterol with the help of our app.

10. To speed implementation, we provide a synopsis of the 2013 lipid guideline.

11. There are links to the original guideline as well as journal articles discussing this important guideline.