Implementation of an EHR-integrated web-based depression assessment in primary care: PORTAL-Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To integrate a computerized adaptive test for depression into the electronic health record (EHR) and establish systems for administering assessments in-clinic and via a patient portal to improve depression care.

Materials and methods

This article reports the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of a health information technology (IT) quality improvement (QI) project, Patient Outcomes Reporting for Timely Assessment of Life with Depression (PORTAL-Depression). The project was conducted in a hospital-based primary care clinic that serves a medically underserved metropolitan community. A 30-month (July 2017-March 2021) QI project was designed to create an EHR-embedded system to administer adaptive depression assessments in-clinic and via a patient portal. A mult

SUBMITTER: Franco MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11519040 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature