We have read with great interest the article by Rear Admiral Scott Giberson, which appeared in the January/February
2013 issue of Public Health Reports. Theauthor elegantly discussed the valuable role of thepharmacist in the prevention of coronary heart diseasesand chronic care of patients with heart diseases. Theauthor also presented the pharmacist-specific activities related to Million Hearts®, a national initiative to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes in theU.S. during the next five years by implementing provenand effective interventions with the collaboration ofhealth-care professionals, pharmacists, hospitals, communities, and individuals.