A behavioral economic intervention to increase psychiatrist adherence to tobacco treatment guidelines: a provider-randomized study protocol

• Published in: Implementation science communications Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Rogers, Erin S, Wysota, Christina, Prochaska, Judith J, Tenner, Craig, Dognin, Joanna, Wang, Binhuan, Sherman, Scott E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 25.02.2020; BMC
• Subjects: Behavioral economics; Bias; Blood & organ donations; Counseling; Electronic health records; Electronic medical record; Intervention; Mental disorders; Mental health care; Patients; Perceptions; Psychiatry; Smoking; Social norms; Study Protocol; Theory of planned behavior; Tobacco; Tobacco use cessation; United States > US; Psychiatry; Electronic Medical Record; Tobacco Use Cessation

People with a psychiatric diagnosis smoke at high rates, yet are rarely treated for tobacco use. Health care systems often use a 'no treatment' default for tobacco, such that providers must actively choose (opt-in) to treat their patients who express interest in quitting. Default bias theo...