DIAMOND is one of the nation’s most promising efforts to improve health care for people with depression because it changes the way care is delivered and how it is paid for. Through ICSI, medical groups, health plans, employers and patients collaborated to develop a better, evidenced-based model for managing depression.
DIAMOND FAQs for Patients This document describes DIAMOND, how care is delivered, patient eligibility, and ICSI’s role in the initiative.
DIAMOND White Paper This document addresses why depression care has been deficient to date and how DIAMOND provides an evidence-based model to generate better patient results.
Lower Health Care Costs The cost effectiveness of collaborative care models, including DIAMOND, for treating patients with depression are detailed in this section.
Depression Care Tool Kit This kit is comprised of tools and other supporting documents to assist organizations in the coordination and management of depression care.
DIAMOND Bibliography Annotated bibliography describing the evidence around the collaborative care model for depression.
DIAMOND Videos Watch some videos from patients, physicians, care managers, psychiatrists and health plan representatives involved in the DIAMOND program.
NIMH Grant to HealthPartners The National Institute of Mental Health has provided HealthPartners Research Foundation with a $3 million, five-year grant to evaluate DIAMOND.
ICSI's Mission: The mission of our collaboration is to champion the cause of health care quality and to accelerate improvement in the value of the health care we deliver to the populations we serve. The information provided on the ICSI web site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician.
DIAMOND is one of the nation’s most promising efforts to improve health care for people with depression because it changes the way care is delivered and how it is paid for. Through ICSI, medical groups, health plans, employers and patients collaborated to develop a better, evidenced-based model for managing depression.