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Lipid Management Resource Center
By category
We’ve compiled a number of tools and resources to help you care for patients with lipid management needs or risks. Please see the categories below, or browse by patient type or by source.
Featured link – The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently produced a guide in English and in Spanish for patients to use at the time of discharge, called Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital
. It provides a way for your patients who have an acute cardiovascular event or undergo a procedure to track their medication schedules, upcoming medical appointments and important phone numbers.
Help — Please contact us with questions or use this helpful site guide (MS PowerPoint).
Blue Cross has made every reasonable effort to include only accurate and reliable reference sites and materials but is not responsible for the accuracy, content or information found in those sites or materials.
Provider Education
Guideline from the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement for the treatment of dyslipidemia in adults age 20 and older.
More ICSI guidelines related to lipid management. Click the "Cardiovascular" link or the "Other Health Care Conditions" link for cardiovascular and diabetes patient guidelines.
Cholesterol management guidelines provided by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III.
A quick reference for steps involved in following the NCEP ATP III guidelines.
Guidelines for managing coronary disease.
Cardiovascular care guidelines in areas such as peripheral arterial disease, atrial fibrillation and chronic heart failure.
Guidelines for diabetes patients, including recommendations for treating hyperlipidemia. Downloadable PDF version available.
An ICSI-recommended risk assessment tool that uses recent data from the Framingham Heart Study to estimate 10-year risk for “hard” coronary heart disease outcomes (myocardial infarction and coronary death) for patients without coronary heart disease or diabetes.
Online risk calculator for women without diabetes. Includes FAQs and evidence supporting the Reynolds Risk Calculator in easy-to-understand terms.
Risk calculator from the American Diabetes Association.
Risk calculator for diabetic patients from the Oxford Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Contains information on NCEP ATP III guidelines and implementation presented in an easy-to-follow format. The slides can be modified for individual presentations.
This evidence-based tool guides physicians in managing their patients' cholesterol.
Evidence-based tools and techniques to help physicians start their own personalized diabetes prevention program, including a decision pathway to diagnose and treat pre-diabetes, proven strategies to counsel and motivate patients, an office poster and patient handouts.
This white paper highlights the impact medication non-adherence has on patient health outcomes. Provides practical, evidence-based suggestions for improving medication adherence in patients, particularly for lipid lowering drugs.
An “information” prescription to help patients learn about their health. Some physicians have placed these in their waiting rooms.
This white paper for clinicians provides an overview of the problem of health literacy, suggestions for improving patient understanding and a list of resources.
Materials for clinicians and patients to help focus on the three most important questions that need to be answered when a medical condition is discussed. Patient materials are available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian and Arabic.
Simple definitions for diabetes patients.
Simple definitions for health care terms for patients.
Online toolkit with clinician resources as well as patient education materials.
A hospital-based quality improvement program for the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association that works to improve adherence to clinical guidelines.
Resources to form a multidisciplinary team for implementing the program.
Guide to implementing “Get with the Guidelines” (CAD) in the hospital.
Common barriers and solutions experienced by hospitals trying to implement GWTG-CAD.
Practice Improvement Modules are a requirement of American Board of Internal Medicine Physician Maintenance of Certification. These modules include information on developing and evaluating cardiovascular and diabetes care improvement programs.
Performance in Practice Modules are a requirement of the American Board of Family Medicine Physician Maintenance of Certification. These modules include information on developing and evaluating cardiovascular and diabetes care improvement programs.
These reports from ICSI members summarize successful improvement efforts and lessons learned. QI professionals can use them to improve diabetes care in their own clinics.
Clinical-based measurement and pay-for-performance program managed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. Lipid management measures are included.
A non-profit Web site that provides objective information on the quality of health care in Minnesota and surrounding areas.
Physician-based clinical measurement and recognition program. Includes information on how to participate in diabetes and heart/stroke recognition programs.
Developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to assist in implementing NCEP ATP III guidelines.
Help clinics create a disease registry with color-coded reminders. Downloadable sample registry available.
Professional and patient education resources developed by experts from the American Heart Association, including an e-newsletter, CME opportunities and a variety of patient materials.
A resource for clinicians, researchers and educators from Baylor College of Medicine. Includes slide library, virtual meetings and online courses. Offers CME opportunities.
Comprehensive guide to statins, their benefits, side effects and potencies. Summarizes key studies and trials conducted on statins from the Oregon Health and Science University.
A slide set with lipid management recommendations, focusing on diabetes patients and lipid lowering medications. This slide set does not include notes; contact us for a version with notes.
Evidence-based tools and techniques to help physicians start their own personalized diabetes prevention program, including a decision pathway to diagnose and treat pre-diabetes, proven strategies to counsel and motivate patients, an office poster, and patient handouts.
Online toolkit with clinician resources as well as patient education materials.
Slides that can be customized for speaking about cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. The kit is intended primarily for a lay audience.
Free mobile drug and formulary reference and free CME opportunities.
Patient Activation
A resource from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that can help patients leave the hospital with information they need to make a healthy transition.
Patients can track diabetes care visits and tests.
Helps diabetic patients track their numbers and work with their clinician to manage their blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol.
Patients can use this tool to keep track of their different medications and how to take them.
Patients can use this chart to keep track of important providers in case they have questions about their drugs.
Questions for patients to ask their doctor about medications.
Questions for patients to ask their doctor about heart health and how to improve it.
Online toolkit with clinician resources as well as patient education materials.
Exercise fitness resources for patients.
Individuals can test their knowledge of cholesterol and learn how to better manage their cholesterol.
One in three individuals with diabetes doesn’t know they have it. This quiz can be taken to see risk levels.
Simple definitions for diabetes patients.
The Heart of Diabetes program was created by the American Heart Association to raise awareness and help those with diabetes take action to lower their risk for heart disease and stroke.
“Know the Numbers of Your Body” handout (and others) in English, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Russian, and Urdu. (Scroll down to General Minority Health Resources.)
A partnership to exchange health information and resources. Offers patient materials on cholesterol (and other topics) in Bosnian, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese. You must pay a membership fee and create a user name and password to download copies. Check the membership list to see if your organization already has a membership.
Materials for clinicians and patients to help focus on the three most important questions that need to be answered when a medical condition is discussed. Patient materials are available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian and Arabic.
Simple definitions for health care terms for patients.
This flyer contains information about the meaning of cholesterol numbers, how cholesterol is affected, what determines risk for heart disease and how high cholesterol can be treated.
Explains the meaning of high cholesterol and provides a brief roadmap to dealing with it.
Information about cardiovascular health specific to African American women.
Information about cardiovascular health specific to Hispanic women.
Information about cardiovascular health specific to women.
Contains heart-healthy Latino-style recipes. A few simple changes in everyday habits can help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Contains African American-style recipes. A few simple changes in everyday habits can help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Scroll down to search for healthy recipes, using your choice of main ingredient and course (appetizer, breakfast/brunch, lunch, etc.).
