Each February #HeartMonth is a reminder of our opportunity to prevent heart disease, the number one killer in the world. Today, over 200,000 people with FH have been identified in the United States. Our aim is to triple that number in the next five years.

With your support, we will find every individual with FH.

One of the exciting initiatives the FH Foundation team has been advancing to increase the number of diagnosed individuals in the U.S is FIND FH® .

Over the past five years, the FH Foundation has amassed one of the largest integrated healthcare databases dedicated to coronary artery disease. The database includes healthcare encounter data on over 221 million Americans and lab result data on over 50 million Americans.  (All data is anonymous at the individual level).

The FH Foundation has developed the FIND FH machine learning algorithm, an application of artificial intelligence, that successfully identifies and flags individuals with probable FH for further screening. Once an individual record has been flagged, the individuals’ treating physician can be contacted to institute further screening. Instead of a healthcare system needing to screen 1,760 individuals to find 8 with probable FH, with the FIND FH algorithm a healthcare system only has to screen 10 to find 8.
Major healthcare systems, including Penn Medicine and Oregon Health & Sciences University are already implementing FIND FH pilot programs. They have started outreach to providers, and several individuals have been further evaluated, diagnosed, and have had a change in their clinical management as a result of FIND FH.

Through the FIND FH initiative, the FH Foundation is developing critical insights to build sustainable FH diagnosis, treatment, and support programs in health systems across the US.

We are making the impossible POSSIBLE. Thank you to the clinicians, researchers, individuals with FH and members of our community for supporting this work!
Hear why 300 people from 25 countries attend the FH Global Summit each year and are dedicated to finding every individual with FH. Email to request an invite.

On Valentines Day, we were honored to feature April and Ryan’s story. Share their story today so we can save others from the devastating consequences of FH.

SAVE THE DATE

The #Race4FH will be held April 8 – May 4 , 2019. Mark your calendars! Registration begins March 18, 2019.

The Race4FH is a community-based fundraising campaign to raise awareness of familial hypercholesterolemia. 
Join us in our work: Your tax-deductible financial contribution will help strengthen the FH Foundation community of resources for greater impact.