Figure 2.

Box-and-whisker plots of rates of assessing patient interest in quitting, patient readiness to quit within 30 days, and eReferral to the WTQL. Notes: Means are marked with an X, medians are marked with a horizontal black line, and quartiles (25th and 75th percentiles) are marked by the lower and upper borders of the colored boxes, respectively. Whiskers depict range within 1.5 times the interquartile range, and dots indicate outliers that are more than 1.5 times the interquartile range outside the box. Panel A shows distributions of implementation rates across roomers (MAs/licensed practical nurses) primarily responsible for implementation of assessment and eReferral. Panel B shows distributions of implementation rates across clinicians responsible for approving eReferral orders. Only roomers and clinicians who saw at least ten patients who smoked during the 8-month implementation period were included in these analyses.

eReferral, electronic referral; WTQL, Wisconsin Tobacco Quitline; MA, medical assistant; LPN, licensed practical nurse.