Effect of systems change and use of electronic health records on quit rates among tobacco users in a public hospital system

S. Moody-Thomas, L. Nasuti, Y. Yi, Celestin, M.D.,, R. Horswell and T.G. Land

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, e1-e7

Abstract: Objectives: We examined electronic health records (EHRs) to assess the impact of systems change on tobacco use screening, treatment, and quit rates among low-income primary care patients in Louisiana.

Keywords: adolescent; adult; aged; clinical protocol; clinical trial; electronic medical record; epidemiology; female; human; integrated health care system; male; mass screening; middle aged; multicenter study; organization and management; poverty; prevalence; primary health care; procedures; smoking; smoking cessation; statistics and numerical data; therapy; United States; young adult, Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Clinical Protocols; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; Electronic Health Records; Female; Humans; Louisiana; Male; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Poverty; Prevalence; Primary Health Care; Public Sector; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302274

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