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
Perceived Access, Perceived Need for Treatment, and the Decision to Seek Care for COPD Exacerbations.
(2025 Sep 16)
J Gen Intern Med
Fan VS, Hebert PL, Locke ER, Simpson TL, Swenson ER, Edelman JD, Battaglia C, Trivedi RB, Fortney JC
(2025 Sep 16)
J Gen Intern Med
Fan VS, Hebert PL, Locke ER, Simpson TL, Swenson ER, Edelman JD, Battaglia C, Trivedi RB, Fortney JC
Patient perspectives on the effectiveness of written exposure therapy and medication for posttraumatic stress disorder delivered in primary care.
(2025 Sep 15)
J Trauma Stress
Frost MC, Joseph M, Bechtel JM, Hauge S, Engel CC, Kaysen D, Cerimele JM, Nolan JP, Sloan DM, Marx BP, Fortney JC
(2025 Sep 15)
J Trauma Stress
Frost MC, Joseph M, Bechtel JM, Hauge S, Engel CC, Kaysen D, Cerimele JM, Nolan JP, Sloan DM, Marx BP, Fortney JC
Collaborative Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.
(2025 Aug 20)
JAMA Psychiatry
Fortney JC, Ratzliff AD, Blanchard BE, Ferro L, Chase E, Rouvere J, Duncan MH, Merrill JO, Simpson T, Williams EC, Austin EJ, Curran GM, Schoenbaum M, Heagerty PJ, Saxon AJ
(2025 Aug 20)
JAMA Psychiatry
Fortney JC, Ratzliff AD, Blanchard BE, Ferro L, Chase E, Rouvere J, Duncan MH, Merrill JO, Simpson T, Williams EC, Austin EJ, Curran GM, Schoenbaum M, Heagerty PJ, Saxon AJ
"Not just another client": Benefits provided by care managers to patients with mental health disorders in underserved areas.
(2025 Mar)
Fam Syst Health 43(1): 74-87
Takamine LH, Hall JD, Cohen DJ, Danna MN, Hoeft TJ, Solberg LI, Bauer AM, Jakupcak M, LaRocco-Cockburn A, Pfeiffer PN, Fortney JC
(2025 Mar)
Fam Syst Health 43(1): 74-87
Takamine LH, Hall JD, Cohen DJ, Danna MN, Hoeft TJ, Solberg LI, Bauer AM, Jakupcak M, LaRocco-Cockburn A, Pfeiffer PN, Fortney JC
Experiences of Team Collaboration in Primary Care-Based Delivery of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.
(2025 Apr 16)
J Behav Health Serv Res
Austin EJ, Bentley MJ, Ferro L, Saxon AJ, Fortney JC, Curran GM, Blanchard BE, Moghimi Y, Williams EC, Ratzliff AD, Ruiz MS, Koch U
(2025 Apr 16)
J Behav Health Serv Res
Austin EJ, Bentley MJ, Ferro L, Saxon AJ, Fortney JC, Curran GM, Blanchard BE, Moghimi Y, Williams EC, Ratzliff AD, Ruiz MS, Koch U
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