Depression Clinical Pathway — Outpatient Behavioral Health and Primary Care
Depression Clinical Pathway — Outpatient Behavioral Health and Primary Care
Goals
To standardize the care practices for patients with depression by:
- Standardization of depression screening and diagnostic assessment practices, thus leading to increased identification rates of pediatric depression.
- Improve patient outcomes through the application of evidence-based treatments guided by symptom severity.
- Monitor and evaluate symptom response with standardized tools to measure outcome and guide management, including adjustment of treatment or escalation of care if warranted, and eventual termination of care when appropriate.
Metrics
Number of patients placed on the pathway/number of patients who meet criteria for being on the pathway.