Clinical Review
Evaluating a Primary Care Tobacco Cessation Program [Published correction appears in: Fed Pract. 2007;24(8):45.]
Fed Pract. 2007 June;24(6):35
Author and Disclosure Information
Matthew R. Bradley, PharmD, BCPS, Jeanne Tuttle, RPh, and Margaret Chrymko, PharmD
At the time of this performance improvement project, Dr. Bradley was a pharmacy practice resident and Ms. Tuttle was a clinical pharmacy specialist, both at the Erie VA Medical Center in Erie, PA. Currently, Dr. Bradley is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the Erie VA Medical Center and Ms. Tuttle is a pharmacy program specialist in clinical informatics and pharmacy benefits management at the VA Central Office in Washington, DC. Dr. Chrymko is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the Erie VA Medical Center and a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Clinicians at this VA facility explore new ways to meet the needs of tobacco users who are unable to commit to a time-intensive quit program.