Implementing Guidelines for Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Trial of Evidence-Based Quality Improvement

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Quality Improvement

In brief

Smoking is a serious and common health risk among veterans. Given the press of national initiatives and local incentives to improve smoking cessation care in response to VA performance measures, this study tests a widely applicable approach to clinical practice guidelines implementation, namely evidence-based quality improvement, which is directly relevant to the translation of efficacious treatments into enhancements in VA health care policy and practice. Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) focuses on improved provider adherence to smoking cessation guidelines and a decrease in patient smoking rates in a manner designed to produce short- and long-term health improvements and cost benefits at the organizational level.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00012987

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

2500

Expected to finish

2002-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• VA Medical Center or outpatient clinics with at least 3000 patients.

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA — Palo Alto, California, United States
• VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA — Sepulveda, California, United States

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