The evidence is conclusive. With help, you can improve the outcomes of your depressed
patients while easing your workload.
Good depression care takes time and can cause a busy office schedule to
spin out of control for the rest of the day. With an offsite Depression
Care Manager, you make the diagnosis and start treatment, knowing that
a skilled professional at no expense to you will:
- Educate the patient about depression and its treatment
- Repeatedly monitor the patient's response to treatment
- Alert you
if the patient fails to improve
Clinical trials demonstrate better outcomes for patients who participate
in Depression Care Management, thereby increasing efficiency in treating
patients with depression. Let Depression Care Management provide your patients
the education and coordinated follow-up care they need to get on with their
lives.
How Depression Care Management Reduces
Employee Suffering
The following graphs show how Depression Care Management increases remission
and reduces emotional impairment over a two-year period compared to the
care patients generally receive.
Depression Remission
Depressed individuals are determined to be in remission when they no
longer report a period of two weeks where they feel A.) down, depressed
or hopeless or B.) little interest or pleasure on doing things.
Emotional Impairment Days
Emotional impairment days are days when an individual’s emotional
problems are so severe that s/he has to cut back on normal activities by
at least a half-day or stay in bed. Depression Care Management reduces
the emotional impairment days each individual suffers by an average of
31.0 days each year over usual care.
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