NC Prevention Partner's first
Fax Referral Challenge
started in July 2008 and finished at the end of April, 2009. The
Challenge was
initiated to increase awareness and the use of the
NC Tobacco Use Quitline.
NCPP recognized the top large, medium, and small NC hospitals using the fax
referral option in hooking people up to the Quitline, in addition to the hospital that had the highest number of
accepted calls by those they referred to the Quitline. The awards were presented at NC Prevention Partners' Annual Meeting on June 3rd.
Congratulations to all the hospitals that participated, and especially to the
winners! Click
here to view photos from NCPP's Annual Meeting.
Fax Referral Challenge Winners
Large - Carolinas Medical Center - 327 fax referrals
Medium - Carteret General Hospital - 65 fax referrals
Small - Chowan Hospital - 52 fax referrals
Hospital with Highest Number of Accepted Calls - UNC Hospitals (63% acceptance rate)
Our next
Challenge will begin on July 1, 2009 and run through April 2010. We will have the same awards categories next year and in addition there will be a new award for the hospital that has the most referrals that choose the multiple call option.
Here is the
fax referral form for
use with patients and employees who are ready to quit the use of tobacco. If you have any questions about participating, please contact Katie at 919.969.7022 x 201.
Top hospitals
using the NC Quitline fax referral form in May 1. Carolinas Medical Center- 30 fax referrals
2. Mission Hospital - 7 fax referrals
3. UNC Hospitals and Carteret General Hospital - 5 fax referrals each
4. FirstHealth - 4 fax referrals
May NC
Quitline reports:
Highlights and links to full reports below
Fax Referral ReportDashboard Report Demographic ReportCommunity Referral How Heard About Report by CountyHow Heard About Report by DaySummary of Reports
Fax Referral reports: 132 fax referrals were received.
Of those, 39% accepted services (59% enrolled in the One-Call program, 35%
enrolled in the Multiple-Call program, 6% asked General Questions).
How Heard About by County report: #1 was TV/Commercial
at 42%, #2 was Health Professional at 13%, and #3 was Radio
at 12%.
How Heard About by Day report:
The highest volume day was a tie between 5/18 & 5/19.
Health Plan report: Uninsured = 36%, Medicaid = 19%,
Medicare = 8%.
Adult Demographic report: 58% of Tobacco Users
were female and 92% were not pregnant.
Services report: 93% of Tobacco Users requested an
Intervention and 3% of those Tobacco Users were pregnant.
