Every Heartbeat Matters
Every Heartbeat Matters because everyone deserves access to structural heart treatment and the opportunity to thrive.
Every Heartbeat Matters (EHM) is the global health initiative led by Edwards and Edwards Foundation committed to improving access to treatment for structural heart patients facing barriers. EHM is grounded by our belief that everyone deserves access to structural heart treatment and the opportunity to thrive.
The pinnacle of EHM is an underserved structural heart patient getting treatment who otherwise would not – this is where Edwards’ expertise, employees and technology can make the greatest impact. We prioritize clinical education on structural heart treatment, which exponentially impacts patients and drives sustainability.
Since 2014, Edwards and its foundation have leveraged over $100 million in financial and technology donations, and employee expertise, to create a community of partners that collectively has improved the lives of over 4 million structural heart patients facing barriers.
As we look to 2030, we will focus our global health impact on:
- Increasing access to structural heart treatment for patients facing barriers – breaking down financial, systemic, and geographic barriers so underserved patients can receive the treatment they need.
- Focusing our efforts on:
- Detection: Investing in disease detection when essential to enabling a sustainable treatment program
- Treatment: Prioritizing structural heart treatment – where Edwards can make the greatest impact with our expertise
- Strengthen: Strengthening partner capabilities to scale treatment impact
- Amplifying patient impact by engaging the talent, passion, and expertise of our employees and trusted experts.
- Prioritizing low‑ and middle‑income countries where structural heart treatment is limited and health systems are change-ready, notably where employees can contribute to drive more impact.
We believe the Every Heartbeat Matters community will impact 2 million more structural patients facing barriers by the end of 2030.
10 Years of Underserved Patient Impact
Stories of impact from Every Heartbeat Matters
Meet our patients and partners, hear their stories.
Defining underserved
We identify underserved patients as those who have a shortage of primary care health services as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and may face economic, cultural, or language barriers to health.
Program and reporting guidelines
Every Heartbeat Matters measures the impact of donations and relies on input from each partner following program and reporting guidelines. When we see our results together, we are able to best understand our successes and opportunities to improve lives even more.
Technology donations
We partner with MAP International to offer donated Edwards technologies to physicians performing humanitarian care outside the U.S. Through this partnership, we also offer patient care packages, assembled by employees, to give to underserved patients around the world.
MAP International is an organization dedicated to providing medicine and health supplies to those in need around the world so they might experience life to the fullest. Please visit MAP.org/EHM to learn more, apply to become a MAP partner, and request donated Edwards technologies and patient care packages.
Every Heartbeat Matters Pro Bono Corps
Meeting partner needs with employee expertise. Our Pro Bono Corps strengthens the capacity of EHM partners to impact underserved patients. This program brings our employees and partners to the same table, in a way that provides unique employee expertise and skills to benefit patients around the world.
Meet our EHM partners
Our community of EHM partners includes dedicated organizations that advance the shared vision of increasing access to care for patients around the world who face barriers. This collaborative network fosters the exchange of best practices and lived experience, strengthening our collective.
Other EHM resources
A unique aspect of our EHM initiative collaboration among our partners to share resources to improve access to care for patients around the world who are facing barriers.