Description

Explore how depression screening quality measures oversimplify complex mental health care, leading to false positives, over-treatment, and unintended harm to patients and providers. This episode dives into the flaws of standardized metrics and their real-world impact on primary care.

Chapter Markers

- 00:00 - Intro

- 00:35 - Definition of Depression Screening & Follow-Up Plan Quality Measure

- 00:57 - Anatomy of Depression Screening & Follow-Up Plan Quality Measure

- 02:32 - Rationale for Depression Screening & Follow-Up Plan Quality Measure

- 02:44 - Problems with Depression Screening & Follow-Up Plan Quality Measure

- 07:59 - Depression Remission at 12 months Quality Measure

- 08:46 - Suggestions for Workflow Improvements

- 11:25 - Outro

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