Pilot Trial of a Behavioral Economics-Informed Clinical Decision Support Alert to Improve Inpatient Tobacco Use Treatment Rates
Compared to the standard electronic practice reminders, behavioral economics-informed clinical decision support alerts increased referrals to outpatient tobacco use treatment services for inpatients who smoke, but did not increase tobacco treatment intervention rates during the inpatient stay. Several variables appear to influence rates of tobacco use treatment, including the number of alert interactions and patient race. This pilot study suggests that the barriers to inpatient tobacco interventions may be complex and therefore insensitive to simple behavioral economic nudges.
Authors
- Daniel Blumenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9207-5848)
- Anna‐Marika Bauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8914-389X)
- Tierney Fisher
- Frank T. Leone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3703-6504)
- Sheree Schwartz
- Nathaniel Stevens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9164-4386)
- E. Paul Wileyto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4389-1128)
- Brian P. Jenssen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6082-4931)
- Colin Wollack
- Robert A. Schnoll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4089-856X)
- Sarah Evers‐Casey
- Sue Ware
Institutions
- Critical Path Institute (US)
- Penn Center for AIDS Research (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nicotine & Tobacco Research
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf129
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82