Description
The MOQC Tobacco Cessation initiative aims to help providers and patients with resources to help with tobacco cessation efforts. The initiative partners with practices to ensure proper documentation is kept to address which resources are needed for patients in the unique stage of their quit journey.
Practice Benefits
- Free services for any patient diagnosed with cancer. Free services include:
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- Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- Free behavioral modification telephonic counselling and follow up, including text messaging
- Access to negotiated services between MOQC practices & Quitline vendor
- Monthly practice reports from Quitline
- Prepared referral Fax sheets
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- Zero physician time or intervention required
- Scripts for medical assistants and front-office/check in/check out staff to use
- Office and examination room posters and patient information
- De-identified comparative data for improvement
Tobacco Cessation Project Requirements
Eligibility
- Be a MOQC practice with a current participation agreement
- Submit QOPI data per MOQC requirements
- Provide care to Michigan adults (age 18 years and older) with a diagnosis of cancer
- Can be a participant in a face-to-face tobacco cessation counseling program in addition to this program
Minimum Requirements
- Participate for a minimum of 90 days (for oncologist to meet requirements for MIPS) but preferably for longer (e.g. months)
- Leadership and active involvement by physician with plan/do/check/act cycle of improvement set forth in the MOQC approach for the project so that the oncologist, if required, can attest to project requirements for Maintenance of Certification for ABIM
- Identify a leader
- Attend a one-hour webinar/orientation (team)
- Ability to work together to identify changes necessary to:
- Ask patients if they use tobacco products
- If they use tobacco products, to advise them to stop
- Refer them to the Michigan Quitline for free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and behavioral modification telephonic counselling (note: this is free to Michigan residents with a diagnosis of cancer)
- Ability to use pre-set materials that can be adapted to practice
- Collection of baseline data based on 20 random charts with re-measurement after intervention has been implemented
- Understand addiction and how to approach, communicate, and form a non-judgmental but supportive role with patients struggling with tobacco addiction
- Passion for improving care in this population
- Train a minimum of two individuals per site to ensure continuity and sustainability
Goal
- To increase the number/proportion of patients that “quit” using tobacco products at a site or practice
Meet the Tobacco Cessation Team
For more information, please contact moqc@moqc.org