The Forum is usually held the 4th Wednesday of the first month of each quarter, from 12:00 - 1:00, via conference call. The Forum is facilitated by the Health Promotion Program - Tobacco Education, at Denver Public Health. Communication is usually via email. To be added to the list, contact Tracey Richers Maruyama at 303-602-3692 or email at: mailto:tracey.richersmaruyama@dhha.org
The
Tobacco Free Hospital Forum is for hospital executives (VPs, CEOs,
Directors of Security, Operations, Human Resources, Marketing/Public Relations,
etc.) to exchange and share information regarding tobacco issues and policies
at hospitals/medical centers.
Colorado Tobacco Free/Smoke
Free Hospitals and Medical Centers (updated 1/1/10)
47 Have Implemented a Tobacco-Free
Campus Policy
Yampa Valley Medical Center, Steamboat Springs, 01/01/10
Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, 01/01/10
Prowers Medical Center, Lamar, 07/01/09
Community Hospital, Grand Junction - 03/01/09
Family Health West Hospital, Fruita - 03/01/09
St. Mary's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Grand Junction - 03/01/09
Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan, Denver
- 01/05/09
Mt. San Rafael Hospital, Trinidad - 11/20/08 Great
American Smokeout
Denver Health, Denver - 11/20/08 Great American Smokeout
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Colorado Springs
- 08/08/08
St. Anthony Central Hospital, Denver - 08/08/08
Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora - 08/08/08
North Suburban Medical Center, Thornton - 08/08/08
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver - 08/08/08
Rose Medical Center, Denver - 08/08/08
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree - 08/08/08
Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital, Aurora/Denver - 08/08/08
Swedish Medical Center, Englewood - 08/08/08
Centura Health - St. Anthony North Hospital, Westminster - 08/08/08
Advista Adventist Hospital, Louisville - 08/08/08 (Policy)
Vibra Hospitals (formerly North Valley Hospitals), Thornton - 08/04/08
Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs - 07/15/08
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge
- 07/04/08
University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora - 07/01/08
Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver -
07/01/08
Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, Pueblo 06/02/08
(Policy)
Littleton Adventist Hospital, Littleton - 04/01/08
Longmont United Hospital, Longmont - 02/14/08 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
Heart of The Rockies Regional Medical Center, Salida
- 02/14/08
(Policy)
includes "lease" language
St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver - 01/01/08
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver - 01/01/08 (Policy)
Montrose Memorial Hospital, Montrose - 11/15/07 Great American Smokeout
Keefe Memorial Hospital, Cheyenne Wells - 11/01/07
St. Anthony's Hospital, Summit County - 10/22/07
Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder - 08/2/07 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton - 07/10/07 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
The Children’s Hospital, Denver - 07/2/07 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
North Colorado Medical Center/Banner, Greeley - 05/30/07 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver - 03/1/07 (Policy)
Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland - 02/14/07
(Policy)
includes "all buildings regardless of ownership" language
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, La Junta - 01/1/07
Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver - 11/15/06
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Alamosa - 9/1/06
St. Mary Corwin Medical Center, Pueblo - 07/01/06
Estes Park Medical Center, Estes Park - 04/4/06 (Policy)
includes "lease" language
McKee Medical Center, Loveland - 03/1/05
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center, Lafayette - 11/1/04
Will Soon Implement a Tobacco-Free Campus Policy
- publicly announced
Thank you to all the administrators of hospitals who have implemented a 100% Tobacco Free Hospital Campus policy to protect patients, visitors, and staff from the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke.
Next Scheduled Forum:
January Forum:
January 27, 2010
12:00 (noon) to 1:00pm
Location:
Conference call
Upcoming Forums:
April 28, 2010
July 28, 2010
October 27, 2010
October 28, 2009 Forum Presentation
Prowers Medical Center
Achieving Our Tobacco Free Campus Designation (PPT)
Karen Bryant
Chief Operating Officer
Prowers Medical Center
www.prowersmedical.com
August 26, 2009 Forum Presentation
Addressing cessation treatment as a covered benefit for employees
and the formal title of the presentation is: "Tobacco Cessation: The Best
Return on Investment"
Claire Brockbank; Consultant, Segue Consulting
PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) updated!
RSVP to Tracey to get the call-in information.
email:
Tracey Richers Maruyama
Forum Minutes
September, 2008
May, 2008
March, 2008
January, 2008 (PDF)
September, 2007 (PDF)
July, 2007 (PDF)
May, 2007 (PDF)
April, 2007 (PDF)
March, 2007 PDF)
February, 2007 (PDF)
January, 2007 (PDF)
December, 2006 (PDF)
New Tool!
The American Hospital Association and the Association for Community Health Improvement have collaborated to produce "Destination Tobacco Free: A Practical Guide for Hospitals and Health Systems."
This tool is designed to help health care leaders develop or improve tobacco-use policies and protocols.
http://www.whf.org/DestinationTobaccoFree/
Destination Tobacco Free (PDF)
Ordinances Regarding Smoking on Sidewalks Surrounding Hospitals
Pueblo City Council Passes Hospital Sidewalk Ordinance
Pueble Ordinance (PDF)
See Sec. 7-6-6.1 Prohibition in Public Right-of-Way Adjoining Hospitals
Denver City Council Passes Hospital Sidewalk Ordinance
Denver Ordinance (PDF) Effective November 20, 2008
Hospital Wants Sidewalk Smoking Ban
New Haven Independent, USA
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/12/hospital_propos.php
Read YNHH’s proposal to Aldermen (PDF)
Creating Safer Hospitals?
The Aurora Sentinel Daily Sun, CO
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2008/12/04/news/doc49385b2b99e79795704842.txt
Clearing the Air Around Hospitals
Baltimore Sun, United States
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-md.ci.smoking18nov18,0,7934654.story
"Good Neighbor" Policies
Rockford Health System, IL (PDF)
Denver Health & Hospital, CO (PDF)
St. Anthony Central, CO (check back)
HealthONE, CO (check back)
HEADLINES - National Media about Hospitals going 100% Smoke Free
Prowers Medical Center - Tobacco Free July 1, 2009!
Celebration event (PDF)
Pledge to be tobacco free form (PDF)
Policy Acknowledge committment form (PDF)
Quit Kit Signage (PDF)
Did you know flyer (PDF)
TFC in newspaper ad (PDF)Did you know? table tent (Doc)
PMC Tobacco Free Campus Board resolution (PDF)
TFC Countdown Banner (PDF)
TFC Resource Information (PDF)
Tobacco Free Campus Policy (PDF)
Vendor Campus Free Letter (PDF)
Alternative Support Systems (PDF)
Discharge Tobacco Referral Information (PDF)Guest Book insert (PDF)
Tobacco Free Forum Presentation - PowerPoint (PDF)
Management Training Campus-Free Employees (PDF)
Management Training Campus-Free Visitors (PDF)Path to Quitting Tobacco (PDF)
Physician Campus Free Letter Rev (PDF)
Proposed Timeline (PDF)
Timeline to Countdown (PDF)
Tobacco Free Campus Management Training - Employees - PowerPoint (PDF)
Tobacco Free Campus Management Training - Patients, Visitors - PowerPoint (PDF)
Tobacco Free Campus Planning (PDF)
Tobacco Free Press Release January 3, 2008 (PDF)
Tobacco Free Campus Poster (PDF)
Tobacco Free Small Card (PDF)
Tobacco Free 8.5 x 11 (PDF)
St. Anthony Central and Summit County
Table Tent (PDF)
Summit County Letter to the Editor (PDF)Card 1 English (Pub)
Card 2 Spanish (Pub)
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Penrose-St. Francis Medical Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Thank You for Respecting Our Tobacco Free Policy (PowerPoint)
Policy card for visitors (PDF)
PSF Timeline (PDF)
PSF Smoking Cessation Incentive (PDF)
PSF media and celebration articles (PDF)
Denver Health
Denver Health Timeline (PDF)
Denver Health Tobacco Free graphic (PDF)
Denver Health Bike In Butt Out - convert from smoking hutt to bike hut (PDF)
Focus group questions and responses summary (PDF)
Getting It Right Documents (PDF)
Getting Through Your Workshift Without Tobacco (PDF)
Nicotine Replacement Therapy sold in Denver (PDF)
Hospital Sidewalk Ordinance business card (PDF)
Employee Scripting (PDF)
The Right to Smoke? (PDF) March, 2008
The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium has updated and revised its 2005 publication: There is No Constitutional Right to Smoke. The purpose of the law synopsis is to debunk the argument that smokers have a special legal right to smoke.
Scripting
Platte Valley (PDF)
Nebraska Hospitals and Health Systems (PDF) pg 29-31 of Resource Guide, see Resources link below
Allegan County Medical Care Facility (PDF) pg. 10-14 of 2009 Implementation Plan, see Resources link belowDuke Medical School (PDF)
Colorado Hospital Association
CHA Board Resolution (PDF)
CHA logo for tobacco free hospitals (.jpg)
Resolution article in HealthBEAT
(PDF)
Announcements
Tobacco Free Campus Countdown Timeline (PDF)
Healthy Hospitals Initiative, NC Prevention Partners 12 month Plan (PDF)
Longmont United Hospital (PDF)
Penrose-St. Francis Medical Center, CO Springs Timeline (PDF)
National
Sample Hospital Policies (PDF)
Tobacco Free Forum for Mental Health Centers
& Psychiatric Facilities (click
here)
Kimball
Physics, Inc (PDF)
"No tobacco-residuals emitting person, article of
clothing, or other object is allowed..."
Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative
Where There’s Smoke… Implementing Tobacco Cessation In Your Hospital Department Using a TRIA (POWERPOINT )
Links to Resources
Toolkits
West Virginia Hospital Association
Iowa Hospital Association
Call 515-288-1955 for the toolkitNorth Carolina Hospital Association with NC Prevention Partners
Univ of Arkansas Medical Sciences Tobacco Free Hospital Toolkit
Other
Destination Tobacco Free (PDF) New Tool!
Nebraska Hospitals and Health Systems - Tobacco Free Campus Resource Guide (PDF)
Healthy Hospital Initiative - NC Prevention Partnership
Best Practice Compliance Checklist - Healthy Hospital Initiative, NC (PDF)
South Carolina Hospital Association
Wisconsin Hospital Association (PDF)
U. of Michigan Health System - Smoke Free Environment for Hospitals CD-ROM
Creating Tobacco-Free Hospitals Resource Guide (PDF)
Allegan County Medical Care Facility - Smoke Free Implementation Plan (PDF)
Forum Handouts
What They Are Saying...Hospital Executives (PDF)
What They are Saying...Hospital Employees (PDF)
What They Are Saying...Hospital Associations (PDF)
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