Background: Long-term sustainment of improvements in care continues to challenge primary
care practices. During the 2 years after of our Improving Depression Care collaborative, we …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Improving primary care depression care is costly and
challenging to sustain. The feasibility and potential success of a modified improvement …

Background The many randomized trials of the collaborative care model for improving
depression in primary care have not described the implementation and maintenance of this …

Potential solutions for barriers to improved organization of care of depressive illness were
identified. These included (1) aligning efforts to improve depression care with broader …

Potential solutions for barriers to improved organization of care of depressive illness were
identified. These included (1) aligning efforts to improve depression care with broader …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Twenty ethnically and geographically diverse health care
organizations, including 15 Bureau of Primary Health Care centers, participated in an …

The Institute of Medicine has described the deficiencies in US medical care as the “quality
chasm.” 1 This refers to the discrepancy between the type of care patients actually receive …

Multi-component models for improving depression care target primary care (PC) clinics, yet
few studies document usual clinic-level care. This case comparison assessed usual …

Objective: To describe the types of practice system tools that medical groups use for
depression care, and to compare these with the tools used for care of other chronic …

Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and many internists diagnose and
treat depression. This study aimed to examine the impact of a practice improvement …