Developing a national dissemination plan for collaborative care for depression: QUERI Series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about effective strategies for disseminating and implementing complex clinical innovations across large healthcare systems. This paper describes processes undertaken and tools developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (MH-QUERI) to guide its efforts to partner with clinical leaders to prepare for national dissemination and implementation of collaborative care for depression.

Methods

An evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI) process was used to develop an initial set of goals to prepare the VA for national dissemination and implementation of collaborative care. The resulting product of the EBQI process is referred to herein as a "National Dissemination Plan" (NDP). EBQI partici

SUBMITTER: Smith JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2631596 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature