Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Pembroke Regional Hospital, celebrating with the Ottawa Heart Institute: 10 years of offering smoking cessation support to patients!
PEMBROKE, December 2, 2016 — Pembroke Regional Hospital is celebrating today ten years of partnership with the Ottawa Heart Institute’s Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation (OMSC). Since implementation of the OMSC at Pembroke Regional Hospital, over 7,300 smokers have been reached through personalized, best practice tobacco dependence treatment, resulting in increased quit attempts and long-term cessation. An estimated 2,200 smokers are smoke-free as a result of the support they received while at Pembroke Regional Hospital.
In 2002, smoking cessation experts at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute developed the Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation–an institutional program that systematically identifies, provides treatment, and offers follow-up to patients who smoke as part of routine care. In 2006, UOHI began to assist other inpatient, outpatient and primary care settings to implement the OMSC. Implementation of the OMSC led to an absolute 11% increase in long-term quit rates among hospitalized patients (from 18% to 29% at 6 months). In eastern Ontario, nearly 100,000 smokers have been assisted through Ottawa Model programs, leading to approximately 25,000 people becoming smoke-free.
“Implementing the Ottawa Model at our hospital has fundamentally altered our relationship with patients who smoke,” said Sabine Mersmann, Vice-President of Patient Services, Seniors and Community Care. “We now have the tools, the system, and a real team approach to more effectively support smokers while they are admitted to hospital. Our hospital grounds have been smoke free since 2010 and staff are engaged in helping patients who may be dealing with nicotine withdrawal and who may be ready to quit smoking for good. Importantly, our program has contributed to a significant decrease of smokers in our community and has continued to do so not only for inpatients but also for many outpatients.”
“The success behind the Ottawa Model for Smoking cessation is truly found in the determined teams across Canada, like here in Pembroke, that are providing personalized support to smokers who are trying to quit,”
said Dr. Andrew Pipe, co-developer of the OMSC and Chief of the Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. “As all hospital grounds in Ontario will be required to be smokefree by January 2018, helping patients deal with nicotine withdrawal when they are admitted and stay smoke-free when they leave will remain an important priority for hospitals in our region.”
About the Pembroke Regional Hospital
Located approximately 150 kilometers north-west of Ottawa, the Pembroke Regional Hospital delivers a broad range of acute, post-acute, outpatient and diagnostic services to a mixed urban and rural population of approximately 55,000 residents in the City of Pembroke, the Town of Petawawa, and surrounding municipalities.
With the dedicated support of 750 staff members, an engaged physician community and hundreds of active volunteers, the Pembroke Regional Hospital provides acute services in emergency and intensive care, medical/surgical care, acute mental health, orthopaedics and obstetrics. The Hospital has a full range of rehabilitation services, is the designated District Stroke Centre for our region, and provides community-based mental health services throughout Renfrew County. Chemotherapy, dialysis and a variety of ambulatory care clinics are offered on an outpatient basis through partnerships with regional centres and nearby specialists. The Hospital offers a full range of diagnostic services including computed tomography, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), nuclear medicine and mammography.
About the University of Ottawa Heart Institute
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is Canada’s largest and foremost heart health centre dedicated to understanding, treating and preventing heart disease. UOHI delivers high-tech care with a personal touch, shapes the way cardiovascular medicine is practiced and revolutionizes cardiac treatment and understanding. It builds knowledge through research and translates discoveries into advanced care. UOHI serves the local, national and international community, and is pioneering a new era in heart health.
Media:
Judith Lachance
Promotion and Communication Officer
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
613-798-5555 (17793)
613-806-0188 (cell)
jlachance@ottawaheart.ca
Carolyn Levesque
Public Affairs and Communications Coordinator
Pembroke Regional Hospital
613-732-3675 (6165)
carolyn.levesque@prh.email
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