QuitAdvisorMD: A Point-of-care Tool for Brief Smoking Cessation Interventions

QuitAdvisorMD: A point-of-care tool for brief smoking cessation interventions Under a Phase II SBIR grant supported by NIH/NIDA, we are developing QUITAdvisorMD: a point-of-care, patient-centered resource for counseling patients who smoke or use tobacco products. It is based on the principles of Motivational Interviewing, a non-confrontational and very effective method for intervening and treating these patients; the 5 A's of behavioral interventions; and the Transtheoretical Model of Change. Through a point and click interface, the tool uses a series of interview questions designed to motivate patients to stop smoking by first assessing their stage of change and then offering effective stage-based interventions and interview techniques. The tool also offers stage-tailored patient information, a clinician educational reference, and the ability to communicate support information patients via email and/or text message.

QuitAdvisorMD, a set of brief clinical assessments, counseling scripts and intervention instruments for smoking cessation in primary care settings

The goal of the evaluation is to assess the ability of QuitAdvisorMD to influence smoking cessation as measured by the primary outcome of the increase in physician initiated smoking cessation counseling.

Secondary outcomes will include, 1) the increase in ability of clinicians to provide appropriate stage-based smoking cessation assistance, and 2) the increase in patient quit attempts.

Inclusion Criteria: any physician providing care for members of Southern Health through primary care and have access to a point-of-care computing device (Smartphone, desktop PC, etc) during patient visits. Exclusion Criteria: Lack of appropriate computing device