John Fortney, PhD
Personal Statement
I am a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and the Director of the Division of Population Health. I am also a Core Investigator at the HSR&D Center for Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, and the Director of the VA Virtual Care QUERI Program. For the last 35 years, my research has focused on access to care. I have published a framework for conceptualizing access to care in the digital age that incorporates virtual care technologies. I have conducted clinical trials to test the effectiveness of virtual care technologies to facilitate the delivery of evidence-based mental health services in rural primary care clinics. I have also conducted implementation trials to test the effectiveness of strategies to promote the uptake of virtual care technologies by primary care patients and providers. My research has been supported by NIMH, NIAAA, PCORI, and VA HSR/QUERI.Education
Mental Health Services Research, VA HSR&D Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research , 1993-1995
PhD, Geography, University of Iowa, 1992
BS, Geography, Middlebury College, 1984
Department Affiliations
Scholarly Expertise
- Access to health care
- Bipolar Disorder
- Collaborative Care / Integrated Care
- Depression
- Health disparities
- Health services and health policy
- Implementation science
- Low resource settings
- Measurement-based care
- Patient-centered outcomes
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pragmatic clinical trials
- Primary care
- Randomized controlled trial
- Rural mental health
- Telemedicine
- Telepsychiatry/psychology
- Telepsychiatry/telepsychology
- Veterans
- Sequenced Treatment Effectiveness for Posttraumatic Stress (STEPS)
- Monitoring mood symptoms in young adults at-risk for bipolar disorder
- Bipolar disorder measures in clinical care
- NORTH: Developing a mobile health intervention to support treatment seeking in early psychosis
- Collaborating to Heal Addiction and Mental Health in Primary Care (CHAMP)
- Study to Promote Innovation in Rural Integrated Telepsychiatry (SPIRIT)
Recent Publications
"Voice of concern" for rural veterans with PTSD: Care managers' role engaging rural veterans in evidence-based therapies via telemedicine.
(2025 Feb 20)
Psychol Trauma
Petrova VV, Simons C, Rajan S, Reisinger HS, Nolan JP, Chen J, Sayre G, Fortney JC
(2025 Feb 20)
Psychol Trauma
Petrova VV, Simons C, Rajan S, Reisinger HS, Nolan JP, Chen J, Sayre G, Fortney JC
Associations among sleep quality, cognitive processing therapy, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a primary care setting.
(2025 Feb 11)
J Trauma Stress
Park N, Rouvere J, Chase E, Blanchard BE, Kaysen DL, Hendrickson RC, Fortney JC, Cerimele JM
(2025 Feb 11)
J Trauma Stress
Park N, Rouvere J, Chase E, Blanchard BE, Kaysen DL, Hendrickson RC, Fortney JC, Cerimele JM
Harnessing Human-Centered Design for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies in Community Settings: Protocol for Redesign to Improve Usability, Engagement, and Appropriateness.
(2025 Jan 29)
JMIR Res Protoc 14(): e65446
Lyon AR, Munson SA, Pullmann MD, Mosser B, Aung T, Fortney J, Dopp A, Osterhage KP, Haile HG, Bruzios KE, Blanchard BE, Allred R, Fuller MR, Raue PJ, Bennett I, Locke J, Bearss K, Walker D, Connors E, Bruns E, Van Draanen J, Darnell D, Areán PA
(2025 Jan 29)
JMIR Res Protoc 14(): e65446
Lyon AR, Munson SA, Pullmann MD, Mosser B, Aung T, Fortney J, Dopp A, Osterhage KP, Haile HG, Bruzios KE, Blanchard BE, Allred R, Fuller MR, Raue PJ, Bennett I, Locke J, Bearss K, Walker D, Connors E, Bruns E, Van Draanen J, Darnell D, Areán PA
Depression and Suicide Risk Screening in the Veterans Health Administration.
(2024 Dec 2)
JAMA Netw Open 7(12): e2451936
Leung LB, Chu K, Lee ML, Bonilla AG, Post EP, Fortney JC
(2024 Dec 2)
JAMA Netw Open 7(12): e2451936
Leung LB, Chu K, Lee ML, Bonilla AG, Post EP, Fortney JC
Protocol: A mixed-methods study to evaluate implementation and outcomes of U.S. state telemental health policy expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2024)
PLoS One 19(11): e0312665
Leung LB, Santos JJ, Escarce JJ, Ettner SL, Der-Martirosian C, Raja P, McCourt AD, Fortney J, McGinty EE
(2024)
PLoS One 19(11): e0312665
Leung LB, Santos JJ, Escarce JJ, Ettner SL, Der-Martirosian C, Raja P, McCourt AD, Fortney J, McGinty EE
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