Roles and Responsibilities: Communicate the importance of intervening with tobacco users. Designate a staff person (e.g., nurse, medical assistant, or other provider) to serve as an office champion to coordinate tobacco dependence treatments. Delineate and communicate responsibilities including instructing patients on the effective use of treatments (e.g., counseling, pharmacotherapy, and scheduling follow-up visits, especially in the immediate post-quit period). Incorporate a discussion of these responsibilities into training of new and temporary staff.1,3
Practice Performance Evaluation: Consider conducting an audit and/or developing a system for determining how well your practice addresses tobacco use dependence with patients.1