RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
TelASK welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on research programs designed to evaluate how new technologies and communication strategies improve patient outcomes. If you have a research project in mind, let’s talk.
TelASK is proud to have partnered with researchers associated with some of the
most prestigious healthcare organizations in North America
Current Ongoing Research
Does Medical Cannabis Reduce Opiod Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Dr. C. Cunningham et al
Ongoing
Smoking Cessation for Patients with Severe Mental Illness
R.A. Brown PhD et al
Ongoing
The Effects of Medical Cannabis Use on Opiod Use
Dr. C. Cunningham et al
Ongoing
Effectiveness of Post Discharge Follow-up (HH4)
N. Rigotti M.D. et al
Ongoing
Innovating the treatment of COPD exacerbations: a phone interactive telesystem to increase COPD Action Plan adherence
Dr. Jean Bourbeau et al
Ongoing
Published Research
Rationale, design and pilot feasibility results of a smartphone-assisted, mindfulness-based intervention for smokers with mood disorders: Project mSMART MIND
Haruka Minami et al.
2020 – Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Automated Telephone Follow-up for Smoking Cessation in Smokers With Coronary Heart Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Robert Reid et al.
2019 – Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Effect of an Evidence-based Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Treatment Service on 30-, 90-, and 180-Day Hospital Readmission Rates
Kathleen Buford Cartmell PhD, MPH
2018 – Medical Care
Effect of an Evidence-based Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Treatment Service on 1-Year Post Discharge Health Care Costs
Kathleen Buford Cartmell PhD, MPH
2018 – Medical Care
The feasibility of an interactive voice response system for monitoring patient safety after discharge from the ED
Lisa A. Calder et al
2017 – Emergency Medicine Journal
Interactive Voice Response Calls to Promote Smoking Cessation after Hospital Discharge: Pooled Analysis of Two Randomized Clinical Trials
N. Rigotti M.D. et al
2017 – Journal of General Internal Medicine
Evidence to Guide Action: Comprehensive Tobacco Control in Ontario
Smoke Free Ontario
2016: Evidence to Guide Action: Comprehensive Tobacco Control in Ontario
Who Opted Out of an Opt-Out Smoking Cessation Programme for Hospitalized Patients?
Georges F. Nahhas PhD et al
2016 Journal of Smoking Cessation
Feasibility of Implementing a Hospital-Based “Opt-Out” Tobacco-cessation Service
Georges F. Nahhas PhD et al
2016 Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Sustained Care Intervention and Post Discharge Smoking Cessation Among Hospitalized Adults; A Randomized Clinical Trial
N. Rigotti M.D. et al
2014 – Journal of the American Medical Assoc. (JAMA)
An Interactive Voice Response System to Continue a Hospital-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention After Discharge
Sue Regan PhD et al
2011 Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
