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“Meaningful use” provides a meaningful opportunity
Author(s) -
Rabius Vance,
KaramHage Maher,
Blalock Janice A.,
Cinciripini Paul M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.28436
Subject(s) - medicine , mandate , context (archaeology) , meaningful use , intervention (counseling) , smoking cessation , tobacco use , health records , nursing , environmental health , health care , pathology , paleontology , population , political science , law , economics , biology , economic growth
A model is described for meeting the mandate that includes implementation of a comprehensive smoking (tobacco) cessation program for cancer patients as an alternative to the minimal intervention approach. The importance of an institution‐wide, automated system to identify and refer tobacco users to treatment is discussed within the context of implementing the meaningful use regulations for electronic health records.