Join the Tobacco-Free Hospitals Campaign:
Implement Best Practices Related to Tobacco-Free Environments, Staff and Patients
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene wants to help every hospital implement best practices related to:
- Employee cessation programs,
- In-patient assessment and treatment for tobacco use, and
- Out-patient assessment and treatment for tobacco use (under development).
CAMPAIGN GOALS
The NYC Tobacco-Free Hospitals Campaign aims to improve employee and patient systems related to tobacco screening and treatment at all hospitals in the city. By participating in this campaign, your hospital will achieve national standards of excellence and compliance with the:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Meaningful Use Measures related to tobacco use
- New Joint Commission Tobacco Treatment Measures
JOIN THE CAMPAIGN
During this campaign, you will be given access to an online assessment that will allow you to evaluate your campus and environmental policies, as well as your hospital’s policies, benefits and systems which assist employees and patients in quitting tobacco. Your assessments will be confidential. You will receive tailored recommendations and action plans and access to resources to help you improve your services.
The Health Department will provide your hospital with a license for the tobacco-free module of WorkHealthy AmericaSM and the Patient Quit Tobacco System developed by NC Prevention Partners.
For more information about the campaign, please download the following materials:
GET STARTED
- Set up a meeting with your hospital leadership and our campaign team to learn more. Contact information below.
- Have your CEO sign a letter of commitment to this campaign. Download a copy here. This document is required for participation.
- Once your CEO has signed the commitment letter, contact Marie Bresnahan to access your free license for the online assessment.
- Download this document to learn how to create your account and begin an assessment.
- Click here to log in or create your account.
- Begin your assessments and access reports, recommendations and resources.
Additional resources for participating hospitals:
For additional information and to access your hospital’s free license to the online assessment, contact Marie P. Bresnahan, MPH in the Bureau of Tobacco Control at the NYC Health Department at 347-396-4550 or at mbresnahan@health.nyc.gov.
The NYC Tobacco-Free Hospitals Campaign is a project of the
NYC Health Department in partnership with NC Prevention Partners and with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.