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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Nurs. 2013 Sep 9;40(4):336–345. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2013.06.001

Table 3.

Outcome data that practitioners feel would make the intervention appear effective and would increase their likelihood of screening and counseling about tobacco use.

Outcome Data Sample Responses
Screening
Complete documentation that screening was done with data captured from the EHR1 that specifies:
  • How many screened

  • How many currently smoke and/or expose their children to second hand smoke

  • How many want to receive counseling

  • How many want to quit

“Instead of them just making us do it, showing efficacy would make me have more of an interest in it.”
“If even one person in 100 stops smoking because of the effort, it is worth it.”
Counseling
Complete documentation screening was done with data captured from the EHR that specifies:
  • Cut down, “took the next step”, or Quit

  • Filled a prescription

  • Followed up with QL,2 counseling, or PCP3

  • Change in child’s SHSe4

  • Change in child’s ED visits for respiratory illnesses

“I want to see that 100% of parents who after being approached about cessation, receive education, referrals, and even consultation about cessation. And then, that there was a change in attitude or patterns, either following up in appointment, filling prescriptions, or actual change in behavior at home.”
1

EHR = Electronic Health Record

2

QL = Quitline

3

PCP = Primary Care Provider

4

SHSe = Secondhand smoke exposure