CVD ASSESS implementation manual (2020)

Preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) in primary health care: assessing essential interventions using routine data (CVD ASSESS)

Purpose of CVD ASSESS

The purpose of CVD ASSESS is to provide a free, open-source, standardized data collection method for use in resource-limited settings to assess essential CVD interventions in primary health care using routine clinical data.

CVD ASSESS was initially developed to measure the impact of implementing essential cardiovascular disease interventions in primary health care. It was designed for use in settings with a range of types of medical health record infrastructure (from paper-based records to electronic health records).

It has been tested in low- and middle-income countries, including in health facilities with no Internet or mobile service coverage using paper-based data extraction forms. It has been used to extract data from nearly 10 000 paper-based patient records.