Heart disease can strike anyone.
In Oregon, the facts are alarming: one in five Oregonians dies of heart disease. 63 percent of adults have at least one of the three top heart disease risk factors. And the rates of high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries among youth and young adults are rising rapidly.
With our older population growing, Oregon faces a tidal wave of heart disease. With your help, we can meet this need by expanding access to cardiac rehabilitation. We can advance research to make care more effective, responsive and fair. Your gift can power prevention and wellness programs, including free heart screenings for thousands of youth each year. Your gift will change lives.
Donors help bring the world’s best and most innovative heart care to Oregon.
Featured Projects:
Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research and Data Science
Heart disease remains our country’s number one cause of death. Hidden inside millions of electronic medical records lies a treasure trove of information to fight this killer. Your gift to our Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research and Data Science (CARDS) will help uncover this information to improve patient outcomes and deliver personalized cardiac care.
Basecamp | Cardiac Prevention + Wellness
Eighty percent of heart disease can be prevented. Basecamp | Cardiac Prevention + Wellness helps thousands of people capture this “80% Opportunity” by providing free and low-cost learning and exercise opportunities. Your gift can power classes like The Amazing Heart, Good Food/Great Medicine, yoga, meditation, Zumba®, CPR, cardiologist advice forums and more.
Play Smart™ Youth Heart Screenings
A young athlete collapses and dies on the athletic field. The cause: an undiagnosed heart condition. To prevent these tragedies, Play Smart provides free heart screenings to youth, looking for issues that can cause sudden cardiac arrest or lead to heart disease later in life. We’ve screened more than 25,000 youth. Your gift can power us to the next 25,000!
How you can help
Give: Make a gift to Providence in support of heart research.
Get involved: Take a tour, meet our research team in person or attend a gathering.
Introduce: Share information about our work with others, host Heart Institute tours, or plan gatherings for your friends.
Remember: Remember Providence in your will or estate plan to ensure the future of heart research, treatment and care.
