Become a TAKEheart Partner Hospital

Benefits of Becoming a Partner Hospital

TAKEheart moves Partner Hospitals to action by providing:

• High-impact, expert-led training that provides guidance on each step of the quality improvement journey
• A companion implementation guide for each training module containing additional guidance on how to achieve specific objectives and milestones
• Insights from leading CR experts
• Peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, coaching, and tools
• Individualized coaching and technical support

These resources will be provided to participating hospitals at no cost.

Requirements to Become a Partner Hospital

TAKEheart Partner Hospitals agree to:

• Identify a champion to lead the efforts 
• Form a multi-disciplinary team
  • Teams are strongly encouraged to include expertise in information technology, care coordination and discharge planning, and quality improvement
• Integrate an automatic CR referral process into the EMR or other automatic system
• Provide a care coordinator for patients referred to CR services
  • This individual could be a member of hospital staff (trained liaison) or a volunteer (peer CR graduate or ambassador).
• Share success stories and lessons learned with other AHRQ TAKEheart hospitals
• Complete the learning curriculum
• Share de-identified data on implementation and patient referral rates (as available) and participate in surveys

Join TAKEheart as a Partner Hospital and contribute to the national goal of achieving 70 percent participation in CR among eligible patients, helping Americans live longer and healthier lives.

To become a TAKEheart Partner Hospital, submit an application