About Us
For 25+ years, we have been collecting and analyzing clinical data, educating healthcare professionals, and providing clinical performance improvement services.
Our reach of over 30,000 clinicians has equipped community practices with the technology, facilitation, and clinical quality improvement expertise to help them attain optimal healthcare outcomes and thrive in a value-based delivery environment.
Our Mision
Empower health care professionals, patients, and the public with better knowledge, tools, and competencies through a continuous quality improvement process to secure optimal health and well being for all people.
Our Vision
The health of the population we serve will be improved by a more informed populace, a reduction in health disparities, and optimized care in response to measured outcomes.
Who we are
Founded in 1994, the Consortium for Southeast Healthcare Quality (COSEHQ) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional healthcare corporation representing academia (basic, clinical and population science), practicing clinicians, health systems, and the business community. We specialize in research, professional education, and quality improvement. We translate emerging science and analyze real-world clinical data in our development of best practices that achieve optimal health outcomes.
Drawing on more than two decades of experience in working with clinicians, medical groups, and healthcare systems to improve health outcomes in patients, COSEHQ’s notable expertise is the prevention and mitigation of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases through the effective management of modifiable risk factors.
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How & Why We Were Formed
Our evolution began as the Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control (COSEHC) with a group of academic cardiovascular (CV) renowned physicians and scientists (Founding Members) who were concerned with the enormous mortality rates from hypertension and related CV disorders in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects nearly one in two U.S. adults and is the major preventable risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Only about 24% (26 million) have their blood pressure controlled to ≤130/80 mmHg as recommended in the 2017 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines.
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Milestones
1993–94
Founded and incorporated
1998
Centers of Excellence Network launched
1999
First publication: Increased Cardiovascular Risk in the Southeast
2000
Awarded Federally Funded Enhanced Dissemination Centers Grant (EDUCS)
2001
COSEHQ Funded Fellowships begin
2003
Published Southeast Cardiovascular Guidelines
2005
Continuing Medical Education (CME) accreditation received from Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
2009
AT GOAL: Performance Improvement Model designed and implemented
2012
AT GOAL’s success validated by the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2013
AT GOAL: Implemented clinically-driven transformation contracted projects with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, South Carolina Health and Human Services, Mississippi State Department of Health, and Georgia Department of Public Health.
2015
Selected as a Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Network for Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractor (NQIIC)
2016–2019
Awarded CMS Contract as a Practice Transformation Network (PTN) under the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI)
Why now?
According to the 2020 Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Control Hypertension, data demonstrates that national rates have stagnated and disparities persist. Younger populations (ages 30-50 years) have the highest growing prevalence of hypertension and heart disease. Since 2011, the rate of premature death from heart disease has remained stagnant among U.S. adults aged 25–64 years, and in 2017, heart disease still accounted for almost one in five deaths in this age group.
Inclusion & Diversity
- We believe that diversity drives cultural, economic, social vitality, and innovation
- We recognize the unlimited value of a diverse workforce
- We believe that Diversity and Inclusion are critical to achieving our mission and integral to achieving excellence and quality health outcomes for all.
- We foster a climate of belonging, respect, and value for all and encourage engagement and connection throughout our organization, our affiliates, and the community.
