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Phq -9 Utilization In The Primary Care Setting, Michael Armstrong, Ramisa Rahman, Ceferino Cruz Iv, Afsha Rais Kaisani
Phq -9 Utilization In The Primary Care Setting, Michael Armstrong, Ramisa Rahman, Ceferino Cruz Iv, Afsha Rais Kaisani
North Texas GME Research Forum 2023
INTRODUCTION: The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a tool used to help diagnose depression and assess a patient’s response to treatment. Quality metric (QM) 371 is a measure of PHQ-9 utilization in patients with depression, and Medical City Family Medicine tracks QM 371 in order to improve the quality of care provided to our patients. This project sought to assess utilization of the PHQ-9 in our clinical practice. At the time of this QI project’s inception, QM 371 was reporting at 0%.
METHODS: Our intervention was to give an educational presentation regarding depression, the PHQ-9, as well as how to …