Mobile health-based approaches for smoking cessation resources
Sookyung Hyun1, Julie Keany Hodorowski, Anita Nirenberg
1College of Nursing and Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
Oncology Nursing Forum
|June 28, 2013
Summary
Integrating National Cancer Institute
Area of Science:
- Nursing Informatics
- Mobile Health (mHealth)
- Smoking Cessation
Background:
- The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service (CIS) offers smoking-related resources.
- Mobile health (mHealth) platforms can support healthcare workflows.
- Advanced practice nurse (APN) training provides opportunities to integrate new resources.
Purpose of the Study:
- To integrate CIS smoking cessation resources into an mHealth platform for APNs.
- To assess RNs' awareness, use, and perceptions of these integrated CIS resources.
- To examine the impact on smoking cessation referrals and patient engagement.
Main Methods:
- Descriptive analysis of resource integration into an mHealth decision support system (DSS).
- Inclusion of CIS information in care plans and an infobutton.
- Development of a web-based portal and information prescriptions for patient referral.
- Study conducted at acute and primary care sites affiliated with Columbia University School of Nursing.
Main Results:
- 86% of 156 RNs in APN training used the mHealth DSS with integrated CIS resources.
- Over 122 care plan items were referrals to CIS resources; the infobutton was accessed 1,571 times.
- Nurses perceived CIS resources as useful (over 60%), and use of these resources increased in the NYC metropolitan area.
Conclusions:
- Integration of CIS resources into an mHealth DSS was perceived as useful by most APNs.
- mHealth DSS can facilitate smoking cessation interventions and expand nurses' roles in referring patients.
- Informatics methods and mHealth platforms can support smoking cessation in primary care.
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