RANGELEY — Rangeley Family Medicine’s Dorothy Mosher, FNP, has received heart/stroke recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

The NCQA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality.

The heart/stroke recognition program was launched in 2003. It is a voluntary program designed to recognize clinicians who use evidence-based measures and provide excellent care to persons with cardiovascular disease or who have had a stroke.

The program assesses key quality performance measures that are based on national evidence-based guidelines for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Program measures include blood pressure control, cholesterol control, smoking status and cessation advice or treatment.

Rangeley Family Medicine is at 42 Dallas Hill Road. For more information, contact the Health Center at 207-864-3303, or go to: www.RangeleyCHC.org.