Tobacco Cessation Technical Assistance

CCOs and care team members play important roles in helping their members quit smoking, including: accurately assessing member tobacco use status; designing benefits (expanding coverage and reducing barriers); promoting benefits; implementing tobacco-free campus policies; and fostering partnerships with local public health agencies and other community stakeholders to create tobacco-free community environments.

Current opportunities

Free, quick online tobacco cessation counseling training (with CME)

• What: This short online course will improve your care team’s ability to help patients quit tobacco. The course focuses on Brief Tobacco Intervention and Motivational Interviewing techniques.
• Who: All members of the care team committed to supporting their patients quit tobacco.
• When: The course is self-paced and takes approximately 45 minutes. The course can be started, paused and resumed later as needed.
• CMEs: This training has been reviewed and is accepted for up to 1.0 prescribed credit from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). For other licensing boards that may not pre-approve continuing education credits (for example, the Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists), please submit the certificate of participation to your accrediting body.
• Access the training: https://tcrc.rapidlearner.com/3462253711
• Questions? Please contact Anona Gund (Anona.E.Gund@dhsoha.state.or.us or 971-673-2832)

Past opportunities

Webinar series recordings: Treating tobacco dependence in behavioral health settings

The OHA Transformation Center and Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Section recorded a series of webinars focused on treating tobacco dependence in behavioral health settings. Presenters are from the University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Behavioral Health and Wellness Program. Audience: All types of care team providers, quality improvement staff, and non-clinical staff working in behavioral health settings. See full details and links to the recordings.

Questions? Please contact Anona Gund (Anona.E.Gund@dhsoha.state.or.us or 971-673-2832).

CCO Tobacco Prevalence Reduction Learning Collaborative

The Transformation Center hosted a half-day event for CCOs that focused on evidence-based practices for reducing tobacco prevalence, including clinical and community-based interventions.

• Presentation slides:
• Current landscape of tobacco in Oregon: issues and opportunities
• Key resources and strategies for tobacco use prevention and reduction
• Making the patient-provider connection: media and communications best practices for tobacco cessation
• eReferrals to the Oregon Tobacco Quit Line Project (Deschutes County)
• Key resources for evidence-based tobacco cessation interventions

Other webinar recordings

• Treating Tobacco Dependence in Behavioral Health Settings:
• Maximize Mental Health and Substance Abuse Outcomes with Nicotine Dependence Co-Treatment
• Low-Burden Tobacco Cessation Strategies for Resource-Strapped Agencies: Intervention Alignment and Effective Community Referrals
• Preparing and Supporting Clients to Maximize Effectiveness for Tobacco Cessation Medications
• Emerging Issue in Nicotine Dependence Treatment: The Rise of ENDS
• Institutionalizing Policy Change
• Oregon Tobacco Quit Line: Coordinated Care Organizations and Data (3/15/18)
• Smoking Cessation Programs Serving African-Americans (10/5/17)
• Smoking Cessation Programs for Pregnant Women (9/27/17)
• Tobacco Cessation Clinical Workflow (7/18/17)
• Smokefree.gov's mHealth Behavioral Intervention Platforms: Resources and Collaboration Opportunities (6/13/17)

Additional opportunities through OHA

E-referrals to the Tobacco Quit Line (Public Health)

The OHA Public Health Division is investing in e-referral functionality for the State Tobacco Quit Line. OHA-PHD is working with partners across the state to support e-referral buildout implementation through investments in local and state systems. A recent pilot e-referral project in central Oregon successfully created an e-referral pathway within the OCHIN EPIC platform, and resulted in an over 4,000% increase in referrals to the Quit Line.

• Next steps for OCHIN EPIC health systems - If you are interested in turning on the e-referral functionality within your OCHIN EPIC system, contact OCHIN directly and enter a support ticket (Interface JIRA) to initiate the conversation. As a result of this initial buildout, there will be minimal costs for any OCHIN EPIC health system, which may vary depending on internal technology capacity.
• Next steps for health systems using other EHR systems - For general questions about how to get started with e-referral buildouts to the Oregon Tobacco Quit Line, contact Hilde Hinkel, Health System Policy Specialist, OHA Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, 971-673-3182, janet.h.hinkel@dhsoha.state.or.us.

Anona Gund: Anona.E.Gund@dhsoha.state.or.us or 971-673-2832

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