I’m tightening our 20‑minute follow-ups for post‑MI and high ASCVD patients and need patient-facing tools that move the needle on diet, statins, and home BP. What handouts or apps do you rely on (bilingual if possible), and how are you integrating the ACC/AHA ASCVD Risk Estimator Plus or similar into brief counseling?
Those 20‑minute slots drive me nuts, so I keep it to one visual: I open ACC Risk Estimator Plus (ASCVD Risk Estimator +), toggle ‘high‑intensity statin’ and −10 mmHg SBP, screenshot the delta, and drop it in the AVS — 90 seconds. For handouts, CardioSmart’s MI recovery/statin/DASH sheets have Spanish versions and are patient-friendly. @JChen, have you seen better home BP adherence using the free “Simple” app vs paper logs?
, these 20‑minute follow‑ups are brutal, so I preload two things: a one‑page CardioSmart handout in English/Spanish and a BP log, then in-room I use the ACC/AHA app to show “with a high‑intensity statin and home BP <130/80, your 10‑yr risk drops by X%” and save the screenshot to the AVS. Link I use most: https://www.cardiosmart.org/patient-materials; it’s got solid bilingual PDFs on statins, heart‑healthy eating, and home BP. If they’re anti‑statin, I pivot to “let’s at least nail sodium and daily BP for two weeks” and tee up a quick portal follow‑up — do you have room printers or is it all portal?
I stick a QR to Million Hearts bilingual materials: https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/tools-resources/patient-materials.html; then paste ASCVD Plus ‘10‑year risk change’ into AVS. Work?