PDA-based informatics strategies for tobacco use screening and smoking cessation management: a case study.
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2007-10-03
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The purpose of this case study is to describe three incremental personal digital PDA based informatics strategies aimed at improving screening for tobacco use and guideline based tobacco cessation management 1 PDA clinical log with tobacco cessation diagnoses and plan of care options 2 PDA decision support system and 3 PDA decision support system with infobuttons context specific links to the National Cancer Institute s Cancer Information Services tobacco cessation information These strategies were implemented within the context of an evidence based advanced practice nurse curriculum at the Columbia University School of Nursing