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SUBMITTER: Wu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4193786 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Shinyi S Vidyanti Irene I Liu Pai P Hawkins Caitlin C Ramirez Magaly M Guterman Jeffrey J Gross-Schulman Sandra S Sklaroff Laura Myerchin LM Ell Kathleen K
The Journal of ambulatory care management 20140401 2
Depression is a significant challenge for ambulatory care because it worsens health status and outcomes, increases health care utilizations and costs, and elevates suicide risk. An automatic telephonic assessment (ATA) system that links with tasks and alerts to providers may improve quality of depression care and increase provider productivity. We used ATA system in a trial to assess and monitor depressive symptoms of 444 safety-net primary care patients with diabetes. We assessed system propert ...[more]