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Using “warm handoffs” to link hospitalized smokers with tobacco treatment after discharge: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Faseru, Babalola
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Mussulman, Laura M.
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Ellerbeck, Edward F.
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Shireman, Theresa I.
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Hunt, Jamie J.
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Carlini, Beatriz H.
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Preacher, Kristopher J.
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Ayars, Candace L.
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Cook, David J.
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Richter, Kimber P.
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Post-discharge support is a key component of effective treatment for hospitalized smokers, but few hospitals provide it. Many hospitals and care settings fax-refer smokers to quitlines for follow-up; however, less than half of fax-referred smokers are successfully contacted and enrolled in quitline services. “Warm handoff” is a novel approach to care transitions in which health care providers directly link patients with substance abuse problems with specialists, using face-to-face or phone transfer. Warm handoff achieves very high rates of treatment enrollment for these vulnerable groups.
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2012-08-01
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BioMed Central
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Richter, Kimber P. et al. (2012). "Using “warm handoffs” to link hospitalized smokers with tobacco treatment after discharge: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial." Trials, 13:127. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-127
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10.1186/1745-6215-13-127
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