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Addiction Medicine
Computer system facilitates tobacco-use screening in primary care
July 12th, 2005
A novel computer system can facilitate tobacco-use screening in primary care. Researchers in the United States conducted a study to "develop, implement, and evaluate the feasibility of an integrated computer-based system for tobacco-user identification and smoking cessation intervention for primary care patients in a medically indigent, managed care population." "Interactive voice response (IVR) technology was used to screen for tobacco use prior to scheduled primary care visits at two inner-city clinics," explained A.M. McDaniel and coauthors at Indiana University. "The IVR system placed calls to 2,039 patients scheduled for clinic visits, and 1,086...
Source: Science Letter (2005-07-12)
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