Innovation Project Star – Stop Tobacco and Revive: A Revised Smoking Cessation Record Book for Smoking Cessation Service in Malaysia

Abstract

STAR (Stop Tobacco And Revive) is an innovation book that has been produced to improve the 2010 edition of the Smoking Cessation Clinic Client Record Book and by that, producing a new book that is more comprehensive and practical. The old record books did not contain much of the information necessary to comply with the required specifications. The old record book also had no Pharmacy Officer records in it. The Pharmacy Officer's record which was almost the same as the Medical Officer's record should be attached in the record book at each visit. This causes duplication of records, waste of time to record data, additional cost for two separate records, and additional storage space for two separate records.

Thus, a new book has been produced to improve the old record book. With the production of STAR, it was found that there was no duplication of records by Medical Officers and Pharmacy Officers and no time wastage to record information in two separate records during each patient appointment by Medical Officers and Pharmacy Officers. The cost for production was also much cheaper, space saving, neater and complied to Conducive Ecosystem of the Public Sector (EKSA). Overall, STAR was more precise, comprehensive and practical for use.