Bypassing the Blues

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Nurse-Led, Telephone-Based Collaborative Care Improves Mental and Physical Health of Depressed Patients After Cardiac Bypass Surgery

Description

This Web site for health professionals provides information and resources to incorporate post–coronary artery bypass graft depression screening and treatment programs into routine clinical care. It is based on a clinical trial that examined the impact of collaborative care for depression in a population with cardiac disease.

This site is divided into the following sections:

Bypassing the Blues study materials
Patient education and screening
Study publications
Professional links
What's new
Contact our study

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.bypassingtheblues.pitt.edu/hpro.html

Developer

University of Pittsburgh's Center for Research on Health Care

Funding Sources

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.); National Institutes of Health

QualityTool Topic

Disease/Condition-Related; Quality improvement strategies

History

Release Date: 02/2009
Original Summary: 01/2010

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QualityTool Classification

Disease/Clinical Category:

Coronary artery bypass surgery

Stage of Care:

Patient Care Process:

Behavioral or mental health therapy

Provider-provider communication

Secondary prevention