Gold Standard Best Practices: Community Outreach

Screening and Cancer Prevention/Early Detection Programs

At Trinitas we are well aware that early detection of cancer will improve outcomes as well as survival. Educational programs regarding healthy life style, including good nutrition and exercise, for prevention of cancer are included in seminars regarding early detection of breast cancer, GYN malignancies, prostate cancer and colorectal...

Tobacco Cessation initiative

Our Tobacco Cessation initiative focuses on Population Health Risk Reduction Strategy, utilizes EHR to identify and refer tobacco users, offers free cessation resources for every patient using tobacco, promotes use of the Texas tobacco quit line, and impacts over 1.2 million Baylor Scott & White patients. 

The tobacco status review begins when a provider...

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Initiating treatment during hospital admission increases long-term quit rates by 40% or higher. Smoking cessation results in fewer hospital readmissions, fewer total hospital days, and lower smoking-related morbidity as well as elevated quality of life that is sustained for years after the quit date. 

Identification of Tobacco...