Tobacco Use Cessation QI Plan Template
| AIM | MEASURE | CHANGE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Dimension | Objective | Measure/Indicator | Planned improvement initiatives (Change Ideas) |
Process measures | Change ideas (2015/16) |
| Population Health; Efficency; Effectiveness; Patient-centered; Access; Safety | Increase number of patients who abstain from tobacco use | % of eligible patients screened for tobacco use status | EMR-focused: data discipline | % of patients with tobacco use status documented in EMR | 1. EMR reminders to promt primary care providers to ASK. Sytematic tools for documentation |
| % of eligible patient advised to quit tobacco use | Patient: decision support focused | % of patients with tobacco use status as current/former tobacco user | 2. Provider supports and education | ||
| % patients with dedicated tobacco use cessation consult and/or follow-up | Provider: decision support aids | % of patients who received advice to quit from HCP. | 3. Patient decision supports | ||
| % of patients with dedicated tobacco use cessation consultation or follow-up (in-person, community support, automated,…) | 4. pharmacological prescribing | ||||
| 5. Behavioural support | |||||
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Last Updated: February 3, 2017