ACC indicates American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; BP, blood pressure; CDU, care delivery unit; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; e-health, healthcare services provided electronically via the Internet; EHR, electronic health record; HBP, high blood pressure; HBPM, home blood pressure monitoring; m-health, practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices; PCE, pooled cohort equations; PM, performance measure; QM, quality measure; RCT, randomized controlled trial; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SM, structural measure; and USPSTF, US Preventive Services Task Force. Table 8. Continued Measure No. Measure Title Attribution Rationale for Creating New Measure 14 Esteban Perla, MPH, Team Lead, Quality Measurement Amelia Scholtz, PhD, Publications Manager, Science, Education, Quality, and Publishing American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Abdul R. Abdullah, MD, Director, Guideline Science and Methodology Rebecca L. Diekemper, MPH, Guideline Advisor, Perfor- mance Measures American Heart Association Ivor J. Benjamin, MD, FAHA, President Nancy Brown, Chief Executive Officer Mariell Jessup, MD, FAHA, Chief Science and Medical Officer Rose Marie Robertson, MD, FAHA, Deputy Chief Sci- ence and Medical Officer Gayle R. Whitman, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, Senior Vice President, Office of Science Operations Radhika Rajgopal Singh, PhD, Director, Science and Medicine, Office of Science Operations Anne Leonard, MPH, RN, FAHA, Senior Science and Medicine Advisor, Office of Science Operations Melanie Shahriary, RN, BSN, Senior Manager, Perfor- mance Metrics, Quality and Health IT Jody Hundley, Production and Operations Manager, Sci- entific Publications, Office of Science Operations ARTICLE INFORMATION This Physician Performance Measurement Set (PPMS) and related data specifica- tions were developed by the Physician Consortium for Performance Improve- ment (the Consortium), including the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the American Medical Association (AMA), to facilitate quality-improvement activities by physicians. 