A collaborative care program that incorporates mental health treatment and screening into primary care has helped the country’s largest public healthcare system improve depression symptoms in more than half of enrolled patients, according to a blog post for NEJM Catalyst.
New York City Health + Hospitals set out to redesign care to screen and treat patients for depression across its integrated system of hospitals, healthcare centers, nursing homes and home care, while allowing patients to remain within their primary care medical home, according to the authors, who all work for the health system.
