Health Care Provider Tools and Resources
How to Help Your Patients/Clients Who Use Tobacco
- The Basics of Tobacco Cessation (TCRC)
- Treating Tobacco Dependence (PHSG)
- What to do with a Patient who Smokes (JAMA, 2005)
- Video: Making Tobacco Treatment Standard Care (WI CTRI Video)
- Provider Feedback to Improve 5As Tobacco Cessation in Primary Care (Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2007)
- 5A Flow Chart Model (TCRC)
- 2A & R Flow Chart Model (TCRC)
How to Select Pharmacotherapy/Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- PHSG Clinical Guidelines for Prescribing Pharmacotherapy
- TCRC Pharmacotherapy Reference Guide (2007)
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Pharmacotherapy Guidelines (2007)
How to Get Reimbursed for Tobacco Cessation Work
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Coding Reference
- List of New CPT Codes
- An Update on Tobacco Cessation Reimbursement (Family Practice Management, May 2006)
- Time is of the Essence: Coding on the basis of Time for Physician Services (Family Practice Management, June 2003)
- Medicaid/Medicare Reimbursement (2006 press release)
- Reimbursement for Smoking Cessation Therapy: A Health Care Practitioner's Guide (PACT 2003)
- AAFP Reimbursement Web site
Resources for Your Organization/Agency
Selected Articles and Abstracts
- Public Health Service Guidelines (PHSG)
- Health System Changes to Facilitate the Delivery of Tobacco-Dependence Treatment (American J. of Preventive Medicine, 2007)
- Adoption of Systems Strategies for Tobacco Cessation by State Medicaid Programs (Medical Care, 2007)
- Physician Behavior and Practice patterns Related to Smoking Cessation (AAMC, 2007)
- Simplicity Matters: Using System-Level Changes to Encourage Clinician Intervention in Helping Tobacco Users Quit (Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2005)
Selected Tools
- Organizational Benchmarking Tool (TCRC)
- Sample chart audit (U of AZ)
- Sample vital sign stamp (U of AZ)
- Sample Tobacco Cessation Policies for Health Care Settings (U of AZ)
- Sample tobacco free workplace policy (U of AZ)
- Link to Public Health Service Guideline Tools
Resources by Provider Specialty
Primary Care
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Ask & Ask Campaign
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Smoking and Tobacco Use Web site
Nurses
- American Nurses Association: Tobacco Free Nurses Project
- Tobacco Free Nurses Fact Sheet on the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's (JCAHO) Smoking Cessation Counseling Performance Measures
Dental Health
- American Dental Hygienists Association: Ask, Advise, Refer Web site
- American Dental Association Tobacco Cessation Web site
- Washington State Dental Hygienists Association
Mental Health Professionals
- Smoking Cessation Leadership Center's (SCLC) resources for Mental Health Professionals
- Smoking Cessation for Persons with Mental Illness: A Toolkit for Mental Health Providers (SCLC)
- Bringing Everyone Along: A Resource Guide for Health Professionals Providing Tobacco Cessation Services for People with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
Pharmacists
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