All Articles on Team Care
How Group Health’s collaborative approach transformed depression careIn a group interview, GHRI mental health scientists describe how their work with UW psychiatry researchers changed treatment worldwide.
Patient engagement changes lives, one conversation at a timeRN Sue Ruedebusch writes how a KPWHRI study changed her relationship with patients, her views on alcohol, and a certain veteran’s life.
Team care for teen depression is found cost-effectiveDr. Ludman describes how collaborative care pays off for adolescents who have depression.
As Obamacare expands access, clinics use team care to adaptWhen more people are covered, clinics have more patients. Maggie Jones writes that safety net clinics are adjusting, supported by private foundations.
- Team-based approach to patient care shows success in fight against depression with diabetes, heart disease
In a randomized controlled trial, testing a primary care intervention called TEAMcare, nurses worked with patients and health teams to manage care for depression and physical disease together, using evidence-based guidelines. The result for patients: less depression, and better control of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol and improved quality of life.
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