| Is smoking status routinely recorded when patients register with a new GP? | |
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PMID: 20624749 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND: the process of registering new patients in primary care provides an ideal opportunity to assess their smoking status systematically and record this in electronic medical records; this identification then allows smokers to be targeted with effective cessation interventions. OBJECTIVE: to use a dataset of electronic primary care medical records to assess the extent to which primary care patients' smoking status is recorded in their electronic records at the time of their registering with a new GP. METHODS: patients who registered with a general practice contributing data to The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database each year between 1990 and 2006 were identified, and their electronic medical records examined to identify the date on which their smoking status was first recorded. RESULTS: in total, 74.2% of adults registering with a new GP in 1990 failed to have their smoking status recorded in their electronic medical records within 90 days of registration, improving to 26.7% of adults registering in 2006. CONCLUSIONS: that over one-quarter of adults registering with a THIN practice in 2006 did not have their smoking status recorded at registration represents substantial missed opportunities for identifying smokers and also, potentially, for offering them support to quit. |
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Authors:
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Lisa Szatkowski; Sarah Lewis; Ann McNeill; Tim Coleman |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-07-11 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Family practice Volume: 27 ISSN: 1460-2229 ISO Abbreviation: Fam Pract Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-11-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8500875 Medline TA: Fam Pract Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 673-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Primary Care, Universityof Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. mcxlcs@nottingham.ac.uk |
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A9166//Cancer Research UK |
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