ZZVA-*TOBACCO USE SCREEN (13)    REMINDER DEFINITION (811.9)

This reminder is based on "Tobacco Use Counseling" guidelines specified
 
    Goals for FY 2000: 100% of VHA facilities have an intensive smoking
    cessation program (or access to one) which includes appropriate
    pharmacological treatment. 75% of primary care providers routinely
    advise cessation and provide assistance and follow-up for all their
    patients who use tobacco. Reduce cigarette smoking to a prevalence
    of no more than 15% among people age 20 and over.
in the VHA HANDBOOK 1101.8, APPENDIX A.
 
    Target Conditions: Cancer, pulmonary and cardiovascular disease.
 
    Target Group: Outpatients who use tobacco.
 
    Recommendation: Tobacco use cessation counseling should be offered
    annually to all who use tobacco on a regular basis.

• FINDING ITEM:   VA-TOBACCO USE SCREENING
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  NOT FOUND TEXT:   

  No history of tobacco use screen on file.  Please evaluate tobacco use and
  educate if currently in use.
  

  USE IN RESOLUTION LOGIC:   OR
• FINDING ITEM:   INACTIVATE TOBACCO USE SCREEN
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  REMINDER FREQUENCY:   0Y
  USE IN PATIENT COHORT LOGIC:   AND NOT
• FINDING ITEM:   ACTIVATE TOBACCO USE SCREEN
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If this reminder is not going to be used at your facility, the INACTIVE
includes a check for smoking cessation education, in addition to the
screening.  It also includes target conditions for patients who have
tobacco related diagnoses or health factors on file.
 
Please review both of these reminder definitions, choose one of them to
use.  If local modifications need to be made, copy the preferred reminder
to a new reminder and make your reminder modifications.
FLAG should be set to inactive.
 
This reminder represents the minimum criteria for checking if the patient
has received a tobacco use screen. The "VA-TOBACCO USE SCREENING"
education topic is the result finding that will satisfy this reminder.
 
The Ambulatory Care EP recommends a variation on this reminder
represented in the "VA-TOBACCO EDUCATION" reminder.  This reminder

• REMINDER FREQUENCY:   1Y
  AGE MATCH TEXT:   

  Tobacco use screen due yearly for all ages.
  

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