The Opt-to-Quit™ program is designed to support a hospital, clinic, office practice or program to provide tobacco using patients with help to stop smoking. The Opt-to-Quit™ program is a policy-driven system-wide solution for ensuring that stop smoking support is offered and accessible to patients once they leave the health care setting.

 

How Opt-to-Quit™Works:

   Facility assesses patient tobacco use status

 

    Suggested use of one or more options to inform patients:

• Admissions         
• Time of facility cessation intervention 
• Bill of Rights    
• Discharge

 

Secure Data Delivery Options:• Automated Data (EMR)

• Online Entry         
• Electronic Media       
• Fax

 

Quitline contacts patient within 72 hours (or time specified by provider ) and offers services

 

PAR made available for facility:

• Web-based real time          
• Electronic or fax delivery
• Reports comply with Joint Commission Tobacco Measures

 

Quitline sustains patient outreach at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months from referral (unless/until patient opts out).