This is a randomized control trial to determine the efficacy of a multi-modal intervention in improving smoking cessation processes of care and patient outcomes in community-based primary care practices. Our Overall Goal is to advance science related to the use and impact of the Internet in health services delivery, specifically smoking cessation, by targeting primary care clinical microsystems. A clinical microsystem is defined as the smallest functional healthcare unit. A clinical microsystem is not simply equivalent to a clinical team of doctors and nurses, but also the panel of patients cared for by the providers and the processes of care that are used.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
174
Patient intervention website that includes 1) interactive calculators to assess readiness to quit, symptoms and quit plan, 2) motivational content, and 3) links to other high quality information.
Control Patients will be referred by paper prescription to the control- "Smoking Coach" website.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Physician performance on refering patients that smoke cigarettes to the web intervention
Time frame: pre-intervention, 6 months, 12 months and 24 months
Of the smokers who are referred to the web intervention, the number who go to the site
Time frame: preintervention, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months
Point prevalence smoking cessation
Time frame: 6 months
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