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. 2014 Dec 30;2014(12):CD008743. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008743.pub3

Adsit 2014.

Methods Country: USA
Setting: Madison, Wisconsin
Design: 18 month before and after study measuring change in referral to a telephone quitline.
Participants Two clinics within a healthcare system: Primary care clinic with 7 physicians; Pulmonary care clinic with 6 physicians.
Interventions EHR was modified to prompt clinic staff to offer a quitline referral. Secure link was established between patient record and quitline.
Outcomes Proportion of patients who smoke referred to quitline; acceptance rate by the patient. Data obtained from medical and administrative records.
Notes Designed as a case study without empirical testing.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk No control group
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk As above
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Personnel not blind to change in EHR by design, risk of bias judged low
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Objective data obtained from medical and administrative records using an automated reporting system.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Data were based on electronic records for all patients with a visit.