Table 4.

Most Reported Suggestions by Clinicians, Nurses, and Other Health Professionals to Improve MAHVI’s Routine Depression Screening Protocol.

	Theme	Example of Comments
1	More education	“Consider focusing education to those cardiologists that round more often in the hospital” [cardiologist]” “More education at start of rotation” [resident] “Follow-up education to everyone involved” [nurse practitioner]
2	Automatic psychiatry consult	“Consider automatic psychiatry consult” [cardiologist] “Make psychiatry referral automatic for positive screens” [resident] “Why can’t there be an automatic consult; without the extra order of the physician?”[nurse]
3	Improve visibility of protocol	“Stickers are small, hard to see” [resident] “Place order sheet in with progress notes/sticker” [cardiologist] “Consider placing the stickers on a different color paper so they are easier to find/see” [nurse practitioner]
4	Provide reinforcement/feedback	“Need follow-up education” [resident] “Give more education [nurse] “Worked at the beginning, but need to re-fresh” [social worker]
5	Include in chart audits	“Consider including the screening as a part of the chart audits for other documentation issues” [nurse practitioner] “Add to core measure sheet” [nurse]