An electronic health record-based interoperable eReferral system to enhance smoking Quitline treatment in primary care.
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SUBMITTER: Fiore M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6696502 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
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An electronic health record-based interoperable eReferral system to enhance smoking Quitline treatment in primary care.
Fiore Michael M Adsit Rob R Zehner Mark M McCarthy Danielle D Lundsten Susan S Hartlaub Paul P Mahr Todd T Gorrilla Allison A Skora Amy A Baker Timothy T
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 20190801 8-9
<h4>Objective</h4>The study sought to determine whether interoperable, electronic health record-based referral (eReferral) produces higher rates of referral and connection to a state tobacco quitline than does fax-based referral, thus addressing low rates of smoking treatment delivery in health care.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Twenty-three primary care clinics from 2 healthcare systems (A and B) in Wisconsin were randomized, unblinded, over 2016-2017, to 2 smoking treatment referral methods: p ...[more]
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