November 11, 2011   The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $2.6 million grant to Beth Bock, Ph.D., from The Miriam Hospital’s Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, to develop a system-based tracking and treatment program for emergency patients who smoke. The goal is to integrate a tobacco cessation intervention into existing electronic medical tracking software, making it easier for emergency department staff to provide counseling and information to smokers and help them to quit. Emergency departments across the U.S. receive more than 119 million visits annually, making them an ideal setting to identify smokers and initiate treatment – particularly for underserved populations who rely on emergency rooms for primary care and also are more likely to smoke. However, clinical delivery of smoking interventions has been inconsistent nationwide.

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