Mile Square quitline help through your patient portal
Mi QUIT CARE (Mile Square QUIT Community-Access-Referral-Expansion)
This project delivers quitline linkage and smoking-cessation support through the UI Health patient portal for adults who smoke and receive care at Mile Square Health Centers.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Illinois at Chicago NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chicago, UNITED STATES) |
| Project ID | NIH-11184396 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would be offered electronic messages and navigation through the UI Health patient portal that connect you to the Illinois tobacco quitline and local support services. The team will work with Mile Square Health Center staff and community partners to increase portal sign-up and make sure the messages reach low-income and racially segregated neighborhoods. Staff will track how many patients engage with the quitline, get navigation help, and try quitting, and they will compare the new portal-based approach to the clinic's usual care. The project also looks at costs and barriers so the program could be spread to other Federally Qualified Health Centers if it works well.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults (21+) who smoke and receive primary care at Mile Square Health Centers in Chicago and who can sign up for or access the UI Health patient portal are the ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People who do not smoke, are under 21, cannot access or do not want to use the patient portal, or prefer not to use quitline services are unlikely to benefit from this approach.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could increase use of the quitline, boost quit attempts and quit rates, and reduce tobacco-related lung disease in this community.
How similar studies have performed: Previous work linking patients to quitlines and using patient portal messages has shown promise in increasing quitline engagement and quit attempts, but this multi-level approach in FQHC settings is less tested.
Where this research is happening
Chicago, UNITED STATES
- University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Caskey, Rachel — University of Illinois at Chicago
- Study coordinator: Caskey, Rachel
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.