Hospitals

QuitWorks links your patients who want to quit smoking to the full range of the state's tobacco treatment services.

In 2004, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health started working intensively with hospitals and health centers. QuitWorks can be integrated in both outpatient and inpatient settings. QuitWorks can help facilities to meet performance standards for smoking cessation, such as JCAHO core measures.

To get you started, a QuitWorks team from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Try-To-Stop Smokers' Helpline is ready to help. Our QuitWorks team can work with you to customize the QuitWorks enrollment form for your hospital. Download the supplemental information for hospitals.

What You Do in Three Easy Steps	QuitWorks Takes It From There
1. Set up a system to identify tobacco use by patients upon admission, during outpatient visit, during hospital stay, or prior to discharge.	QW: Calls your patient - Upon receipt of an enrollment form, QuitWorks: Conducts a 10-minute telephone interview to assess readiness to quit Mails a customized Quit Kit Offers multiple counseling options Advises your patient on course of action
2. Talk with patients about tobacco use during hospital stay or outpatient visit, or prior to discharge Prescribe pharmacotherapy, if appropriate, for relief of withdrawal symptoms and to aid with stopping smoking. Use the Pharmacotherapy Guide to help you decide which medications are available.	QW: Provides intensive counseling services, on the phone or through referral to in-person services Five proactive telephone counseling sessions Referral to more than 30 community tobacco treatment centers with trained counselors
3. Complete the enrollment form and fax it to QuitWorks at 1-866-560-9113	QW: Provides on-line help at www.Makesmokinghistory.org Expert advice and success stories Access to a warehouse of materials to download to help the patient

Integrating QuitWorks in Outpatient and Inpatient Units.
Use the QuitWorks Implementation Guide to answer key questions, such as:

• How will smokers be identified and smoking status documented?
• Who will provide advice to quit and recommend pharmacotherapy?
• Who will complete the QuitWorks enrollment form and obtain patient consent?
• Who will fax the enrollment form?

Consider how QuitWorks will fit into admission forms, medical records, pharmacy, or standing orders at discharge.

Think about key players
Bring together a core group of staff, including natural "champions" from among executive and medical staff, quality assurance specialists, nurse administrators, specialists, and unit directors.

Think about how and when to introduce QuitWorks
Will you launch QuitWorks in pilot units, and, if so, which units? Which units see the most smokers? Will QuitWorks be rolled out institution-wide?


How to Get Started.

Call Us!
For more information or to schedule a meeting, email us at quitworksinfo@makesmokinghistory.org or call us at 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669). You may also visit www.makesmokinghistory.org to preview our smoking cessation resources.

Think about customized QuitWorks features.
For all participating hospitals and health centers, we design a customized enrollment form, free of charge, to help us track enrollment from your institution and prepare reports for you. We will put your hospital name and logo on the form and highlight the smoking cessation medications available in your formulary. Some institutions also need additional patient consent language. We can help you with this too, and we can provide examples from other hospitals.

Other customized features are available:

• Aggregate data reporting on smokers you enroll in QuitWorks, services they receive, and quit status at six-months post-treatment.
• Training offered by the University of Massachusetts Medical School for your staff on QuitWorks, on how to talk with smokers, and on smoking cessation medications. Visit our Training section for more information.