Health Care Provider Tools and Resources
How to Help Your Patients/Clients Who Use Tobacco
- The Basics of Tobacco Cessation (TCRC)
- What to do with a Patient who Smokes (JAMA, 2005)
- 5A Flow Chart Model (TCRC)
- 2A and R Flow Chart Model (TCRC)
- 2A and R Online Brief Intervention Training (TCRC)
How to Select Pharmacotherapy/Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- PHSG Clinical Guidelines for Prescribing Pharmacotherapy
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Pharmacotherapy Guidelines (2007)
- Clinical Review: Drug Interactions with Smoking (American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists, 2007)
How to Get Reimbursed for Tobacco Cessation Work
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Coding Reference
- List of New CPT Codes
- Medicaid/Medicare Reimbursement (2005 press release)
- CMS Claims Processing Manual (2008)
- 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)
- Reimbursement for Smoking Cessation Therapy: A Health Care Practitioner's Guide (PACT 2003)
- AAFP Reimbursement Web site
Implementing a Tobacco Treatment System in your Organization
Change your System
- A Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
- Health System Changes to Facilitate the Delivery of Tobacco-Dependence Treatment (American J. of Preventive Medicine, 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)
- How to Build a System to Identify and Treat Tobacco Users: A Brief Guide (TCRC)
- Organizational Benchmarking Tool (TCRC)
- How to Conduct a Chart Review (TCRC, adapted)
- Sample chart audit (U of AZ)
- Sample vital sign stamp (U of AZ)
- Sample Tobacco Cessation Policies for Health Care Settings (U of AZ)
Tobacco-Free Campus Initiatives
- Sample Tobacco-Free Workplace Policy (U of AZ)
- Destination Tobacco-Free: A Practical Tool for Hospitals and Health Systems
- Tobacco-Free Living in Psychiatric Settings Toolkit
- Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights: Tobacco-Free Hospitals
Resources by Provider Specialty
Primary Care
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Ask & Act 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
- American Dental Association: Tobacco and Cancer video
- Washington State Dental Hygienists Association
Mental Health Professionals
- Bringing Everyone Along: A Resource Guide for Health Professionals Providing Tobacco Cessation Services for People with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
- Smoking Cessation for Persons with Mental Illness: A Toolkit for Mental Health Providers (SCLC)
- Smoking Cessation Leadership Center's (SCLC) resources for Behavioral Health Professionals
- Smoking Cessation Leadership Center's (SCLC) a Toolkit for Substance Abuse Treatment Providers
- Mental Health and Smoking: What Works in Mental Health
- Integrated Care for Smoking Cessation Tools by VA Cooperative Studies Program
Pharmacists