New Data Resources – Depression Screening
December 4, 2025
The Design Studios for Data Exchange, hosted by EPT Data SME Connecting for Better Health, have helped EPT practices develop workflows, overcome challenges, and develop a more automated data approach to improve performance on key quality measures.
Resources
User Stories
- Jordan Gomez
- This document outlines the user story for Jordan Gomez (fictitious persona), a non-binary, native Spanish-speaking teen on Medi-Cal, focusing on the workflow when the initial depression screening (PHQ-2) is positive and the same day follow up depression screening (PHQ-9) is negative.
- Albert Hughes
- This document details the Depression Screening and Follow-up (DSF-E) User Story for Albert Hughes (fictitious persona), a 65-year-old patient, that tracks his care journey from a positive depression screen to a behavioral health case management encounter, grief counseling, and eventual closure of the HEDIS quality measure gap.
- This quick reference guide outlines the process for healthcare providers to submit standard supplemental data to specifically report the Depression Screening and Follow-Up (DSF-E) measure assessments completed. This workflow automates the current manual entry of this data into population health management tools.
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