Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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J Am Med Inform Assoc · Aug 2019
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyAn electronic health record-based interoperable eReferral system to enhance smoking Quitline treatment in primary care.
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. ⋯ eReferral may help address the challenge of providing smokers with treatment for tobacco use during busy primary care visits.ClinicalTrials.gov; No. NCT02735382.