Politics & Government
Families First Recognized for Tobacco Cessation Program
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services officials will present an award to Families First officials Wednesday afternoon at its Portsmouth campus.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
will recognize Families First Health and Support Center in
Portsmouth this afternoon for its use of an electronic feedback system to help people quit smoking and using tobacco products.
The electronic feedback system was used as part of QuitWorks-NH, a free service DHHS offers to help providers connect patients to cessation services in New Hampshire. The aim of the project was to increase Families First'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, Families First 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.
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The Innovation Award will be presented to Families First this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at the Families First Health and Support Center facility in Portsmouth.
Submitted by Kris Nielsen, public information officer, NHDHHS, Concord
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