Operationalizing Depression Screening in Ambulatory Palliative Care: A Quality Improvement Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression is common in the palliative care setting and impacts outcomes. Operationalized screening is unusual in palliative care.

Local problem

Lack of operationalized depression screening at two ambulatory palliative care sites.

Methods

A fellow-driven quality improvement initiative to implement operationalized depression screening using the patient health questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2). The primary measure was rate of EMR-documented depression screening. Secondary measures were clinician perspectives on the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the PHQ-2.

Intervention

The intervention is a clinic-wide implementation of PHQ-2 screening supported by note templates, brief clinician training, referral resources for clinicians, and opportunities for i

SUBMITTER: Shalev D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790031 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature