Figure 2.

 The initial set of tactics were designed to implement and grow the community‐based practice network beginning with continuing medical education (CME) program that could enhance the practice of evidence‐based medicine, prepare interested providers for the American Society of Hypertension Clinical Specialists Examination, and to develop the relationships and trust required to build a sustainable practice‐based network focused on quality improvement in CVD risk management. The subsequent tactics expanded the reach and scope of Outpatient Quality Improvement Network (O’QUIN) to effect improvements in both lifestyle and medical approaches to CVD prevention and health promotion.