Implementation, Maintenance, and Outcomes of an Electronic Referral to a Tobacco Quitline Across Five Health Systems.
Elisa K TongShu-Hong ZhuChristopher M AndersonMark V AvdalovicAlpesh N AminAllison L DiamantTimothy W FongBrian ClayRobert El-KarehSujatha SankaranCatherine BonniotCarrie A KirbyAntonio MayoralLinda SarnaPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2023)
This study supports the broad implementation of tobacco quitline e-referrals in health care. To the best of our knowledge, no other paper has described the implementation of e-referrals across multiple U.S. health systems or how they were sustained over time. Modifying electronic health records systems and clinical workflows to enable and encourage e-referrals, if implemented and maintained appropriately, can be expected to improve patient care, make it easier for clinicians to support patients in quitting, increase the proportion of patients using evidence-based treatment, provide data to assess progress on quality goals, and help meet reporting requirements for tobacco screening and prevention.