A hospital-wide deployment of TelASK Quit Manager in support of an “OPT-OUT” smoking cessation program
MUSC was one of the first hospital organizations in the United States to launch an opt-out program back in 2013. Under this program the hospital administration adopted a policy whereby all patients using tobacco would be automatically referred to evidence based treatment and would receive follow-up after discharge.
This program, which is supported by TelASK Quit Manager, has been credited with significantly reducing health care costs and 30-day readmission rates and has since expanded to the Hollings Cancer Center, outpatient clinics, the Emergency Department and associated primary care sites.
