Clinical trial NCT03229356: An EPIC Based BPA to Enhance Quit Line Referral and Use
Official title: An EPIC Based BPA to Enhance Quit Line Referral and Use
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Smoking Cessation
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
First posted: 2017-07-25
Enrollment: 22
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. Given the magnitude of the problem, interventions aimed at promoting smoking cessation have the potential to make large changes in improving health outcomes. Resources to aid with smoking cessation such as telephone-based counseling are generally underutilized. The electronic medical record (EMR) in use at Johns Hopkins has limited decision support to promote referral to the Maryland Quit Line, a free smoking cessation counseling resource. The investigators propose a cluster randomized trial (Implementation-RCT hybrid design) with a waitlist control at the 22 Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) sites, which offer primary care. The intervention will include a multi-modality intervention to promote provider use of smoking cessation resources which include an Epic-based Best Practice Advisory (BPA) that allows providers to electronically refer to the Maryland State Quit Line, educational materials, and provider visits with Quit Line representatives to review use of smoking cessation practices. Sites will be randomized to one of three arms with increasing support: 1) six-month waitlist control; 2) BPA with optional educational modules; 3) BPA with online educational modules, a quick-reference educational document, and additional visit with Quit Line representatives. The investigators hypothesize that by implementing a new Epic BPA that allows providers to easily refer to the Maryland Quit Line electronically, investigators will increase use of this resource. The investigators also hypothesize that adding additional educational materials and having Quit Line representatives perform educational outreach visits will further increase use of the Quit Line and will increase prescription of medications to assist with smoking cessation. Ultimately The investigators hope to improve patient care by increasing providers' use the Maryland Quit Line and pharmacotherapy. The investigators hope that the use of these resources will decrease smoking rates and thereby improve patient health and outcomes while improving JHCP quality metrics.

Detailed description: Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. Given the magnitude of the problem, interventions aimed at promoting smoking cessation have the potential to make large changes in improving health outcomes. Resources to aid with smoking cessation such as telephone-based counseling are generally underutilized. The electronic medical record (EMR) in use at Johns Hopkins has limited decision support to promote referral to the Maryland Quit Line, a free smoking cessation counseling resource. The investigators propose a cluster randomized trial (Implementation-RCT hybrid design) with a waitlist control at the 22 Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) sites, which offer primary care. The intervention will include a multi-modality intervention to promote provider use of smoking cessation resources which include an Epic-based Best Practice Advisory (BPA) that allows providers to electronically refer to the Maryland State Quit Line, educational materials, and provider visits with Quit Line representatives to review use of smoking cessation practices. Sites will be randomized to one of three arms with increasing support: 1) six-month waitlist control; 2) BPA with optional educational modules; 3) BPA with online educational modules, a quick-reference educational document, and additional visit with Quit Line representatives. The investigators hypothesize that by implementing a new Epic BPA that allows providers to easily refer to the Maryland Quit Line electronically, The investigators will increase use of this resource. The investigators also hypothesize that adding additional educational materials and having Quit Line representatives perform educational outreach visits will further increase use of the Quit Line and will increase prescription of medications to assist with smoking cessation. Ultimately, the investigators hope to improve patient care by increasing providers' use the Maryland Quit Line and pharmacotherapy. The investigators hope that the use of these resources will decrease smoking rates and thereby improve patient health and outcomes while improving JHCP quality metrics.

The primary goal of this study is to test the effectiveness of instituting an Epic BPA in increasing Maryland Quit Line referrals. The secondary goals are to measure the BPA's effect and the effect of additional provider education on patient engagement with the Quit Line, and on prescription of medications that aid in smoking cessation.

Aim 1: In a three-arm, cluster randomized trial, to test the effectiveness of an Epic BPA with provider educational support and provider detailing in provision of smoking cessation services.

Hypothesis 1: An Epic-based BPA to prompt providers to electronically refer people who are ready to quit smoking to the Maryland Quit Line will increase use of this service compared to waitlist control.

Hypothesis 2: An Epic-based BPA supplemented with educational materials and academic detailing will increase Quit-Line referral compared to control.

Hypothesis 3: Additional provider support including educational materials, in-person academic detailing, will increase successful referrals to the Quit Line and prescription of cessation pharmacotherapy compared to waitlist control and BPA only

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Primary Care Practices (Internal Medicine and Family Medicine)

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Provider Electronic Referrals to the Maryland Quit Line
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Prescription of Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Patient Engagement With the Quit Line
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Provider Electronic Referrals to the Maryland Quit Line
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Patient Engagement With the Quit Line
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Johns Hopkins Community Physcians
state: Maryland
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Geetanjali Chander, MD, MHS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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