NH DHHS Recognizes Families First in Portsmouth with Innovation Award for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:32AM Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) will recognize Families First Health and Support Center (FF) in
Portsmouth on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 for its efforts implementing an
electronic feedback system with QuitWorks-NH. (QuitWorks-NH is a free
service DHHS offers to help providers connect patients to cessation
services in New Hampshire). The aim of the project was to increase FF’s
capacity to intervene with patients who use tobacco, through modifications
to their electronic health records. The result was a unique, paperless
communication loop between Families First clinicians and QuitWorks-NH.
Since piloting the project, FF has seen an increase in the identification
of patients that use tobacco and an increase in referrals to QuitWorks-NH.
This project is the first of its kind in the State and one of the first
being achieved in the Nation.
DATE: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
3:30 PM
EVENT: Families First Receives Innovation Award
LOCATION: Families First Health and Support Center
100 Campus Drive
Portsmouth, NH
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