The American Heart Association, one of the leading non-profit organizations that foster cardiac care, is working to enhance community health through a new business line - Health Screening Services (HSS).  The new health screening services will help consumers become more conscious of personal health risk factors and motivate them to make changes in their behaviors and lifestyle.

"The new business offering is part of a larger ambitious mission strategy to help create a culture of health and well-being for Americans by increasing awareness of health risks and changing lifestyle behaviors," said John Meiners, the American Heart Association Chief of Mission-Aligned Businesses.

The new screening services offer effective modern appointments scheduling system and interactive online data analytics and reports to help the consumers receive authentic health guidance for self-monitoring programs.  The screening will be conducted both in the workplace and at public health check-up events to end health issues. These new services will also promote prevention programs among the population to address the risk factors that lead to poor health; the service will also convey the organization's primary mission goal to address the social determinants of health.

"We know that combining screenings with lifestyle and behavior change that takes into account the social determinants of health can result in overall health improvement – not just in the workplace with employees but in communities with the elderly and underserved at large," said Eduardo Sanchez, MD, the American Heart Association Chief Medical Officer for Prevention. “We are committed to providing realistic solutions to meet the needs of all people, regardless of who they are, where they live, or what they do."

The health screening combines AHA’s Life’s Simple 7 a (survey related to Health & lifestyle) which helps to obtain heart health score through biometric screenings. Simple 7 health behaviors and metrics represent seven of the top 10 most costly risk factors for employers, including smoking, eating habits, and cholesterol levels. Individuals who maintain ideal levels for at least five of the seven measures reduce their risk of heart-related death by more than 50 percent.

Once the health screening completed, the Association combines all the profile information and lab values into its online health assessment tool called - My Life Check Enhance. Consumers will get a personalized Heart Health Score and dashboard to measure their progress over time. They will also receive health actions sequenced and bundled according to individual responses.