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We also describe the patient, clinician, and health care system challenges encountered in rapid expansion of individual and group tobacco telehealth services.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data collected from the electronic medical record during the first 4 months of the COVID-19 pandemic were examined for tobacco treatment counseling.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>From January 1, 2020 to March 30, 2020, markedly improved patient engagement was observed in ambulatory tobacco treatment services with greater attendance at scheduled telehealth visits than in-person visits, 75% versus 60.3%, odds ratio 1.84 (confidence interval: 1.26\u20132.71; p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). 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Group telehealth services were found to be feasible and acceptable.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>MSK's rapid leap into virtual care delivery mitigated disruption of tobacco treatment services and demonstrated strong feasibility and acceptance for managing complex tobacco-dependent patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/tmj.2020.0194","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,10]],"date-time":"2020-07-10T16:25:08Z","timestamp":1594398308000},"page":"20-29","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Rapid Scaling Up of Telehealth Treatment for Tobacco-Dependent Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Outbreak in New York City"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Chris","family":"Kotsen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Deepika","family":"Dilip","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Carter-Harris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maureen","family":"O'Brien","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Charles W.","family":"Whitlock","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Suhana","family":"de Leon-Sanchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jamie S.","family":"Ostroff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","unstructured":"Center for Disease Control. 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