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Table 2 Health system key informants

From: Facilitators of health systems change for tobacco dependence treatment: a qualitative study of stakeholders? perceptions

Health system

Interviewee description

Background/discipline

#1: Part of a large, integrated health system; rural and urban populations

Systems change grant project manager

Registered Nurse (RN)

Tobacco cessation program manager

Nurse practitioner, tobacco treatment specialist (TTS)

Leadership, champion

Department director

#2: Part of a large, integrated health system; rural and urban populations

Systems change grant project manager

Quality improvement

Electronic medical records specialist

EMR builder/Information technology

TTS

Staff member at affiliated hospital

Physician champion, tobacco cessation

Psychiatry

TTS

RN

#3: Multi-specialty, teaching-focused out-patient care facilities (four clinic sites); mostly urban population

Systems change grant project manager, clinic project manager

Psychology

Clinic Project Manager*

Psychology

#4: Federally-qualified health center (two clinic sites); mostly urban population

Systems change grant project manager

Health programs manager

CEO

Management, quality assurance

Medical director

Medical provider (MD)

  1. *This was the only grantee interview conducted with only one evaluator present. All other interviews were conducted by two evaluators.