How does team care improve depression and diabetes?
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
The growing number of people with multiple physical and mental chronic conditions are among the toughestand costliestto care for. The TEAMcare collaborative care program is a promising solution. In the January/February 2012 Annals of Family Medicine, Group Health Research Institute and UW Medicine researchers have found how this program works: through primary-care doctors starting and adjusting medications sooner and more often to reach goals ("treating to target"); and motivating patients to participate in their own care and monitor their illnesses.