Can business methods boost mental health care for veterans?
NCT ID NCT04356274
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to find better ways to ensure veterans with PTSD, depression, or alcohol/opioid problems receive proven treatments. Currently, only 3-28% of patients get these effective therapies. Researchers will compare a participatory business engineering method (Participatory System Dynamics) with standard data review in 720 veterans across VA clinics to see which approach works best to expand access to high-quality care.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 720 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2019
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria Clinics: * VA divisions and community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) or 'clinics' from regional VA health systems * Must be below the overall VA quality median (as assessed by the Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning or SAIL), which includes 3 of 8 SAIL measures associated with four evidence-based psychotherapies and three evidence-based pharmacotherapies for depression, PTSD, and opioid use disorder. Exclusion Criteria Clinics: * clinics with less than 12 months of data in 2018 * clinics already involved in Office of Veterans Access to Care (OVACS) quality improvement program at baseline. * clinics where the VA Cerner electronic health record (EHR) implementation rollout will occur during the project period (Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISNs) 20, 21 ,22, and 7) * clinics who serve less than 122 unique patients each month on average * clinics without an onsite multidisciplinary team of mental health or addiction service providers (minimum required: 1 psychiatrist, 1 psychologist, 1 social worker onsite)
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Locations
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VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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