Table 2.
Challenges faced | Implications and improvements |
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The previsit screener identifies parents who smoke and offers them treatment but does not sign them up | The previsit screener could go a step further and automatically connect parents who smoke with resources to help them quit smoking to further reduce any burden on practice staff |
The previsit screener was not integrated with other screeners and paper work leaving the front desk juggling multiple previsit tasks in different platforms at check-in | Integrate the previsit tobacco use screener with other previsit surveys in a single platform that would all populate the appropriate sections of the child's medical record |
The previsit screener was offered too frequently | The previsit screener should screen all families once a year for tobacco use, following up with only those families that have a smoker at scheduled time intervals |
Billing for services is a good financial incentive for the clinicians and practices but did not happen routinely | Billing for tobacco use counselling should be easy and automated in the child's medical record |