Expert Requirements for HARO Query • MD or DO (family medicine, internal medicine, or cardiology) • Currently practicing in the United States • Actively involved in primary care or cardiovascular prevention • Willing to be quoted with full name, title, and affiliation • Must disclose any conflicts of interest • Responses may be lightly edited for clarity and length ⸻ Questions for Sources 1. How have you integrated Life’s Essential 8 into routine primary care visits, and what strategies have worked best in actually measuring or counseling on these metrics? 2. What are the biggest barriers you face in applying Life’s Essential 8 in a busy clinic setting — whether time, reimbursement, patient engagement, or something else? 3. Which of the 8 metrics do you find most difficult to address with patients, and how do you approach those conversations? 4. Have you found ways to involve other care team members (nurses, health coaches, pharmacists, etc.) in supporting patients with these metrics, and if so, what’s been effective? 5. From your perspective, has emphasizing Life’s Essential 8 made a measurable difference in your patients’ cardiovascular health, and what advice would you give other PCPs trying to put this into practice?

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