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The Defense Health Administration Procedures Manual 6025.01 established that patients older than 12\u2009years of age should receive annual mental health screening assessing suicidality risk with a standardized screening tool.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To improve rates of mental health screening in this at-risk population, an A3 Lean approach to quality improvement was undertaken in the Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics at Brooke Army Medical Center.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Baseline data of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 or General Anxiety Disorder-7 screening from pediatric pulmonology and cardiology clinics were 6.3%. Plan-Do-Study-Act quality improvement methods evaluated possible interventions to improve screening. A standard operating procedure (SOP) outlining scoring and interpretation recommendations was distributed in pediatric pulmonology and cardiology clinics. Using the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application, a post-implementation chart review was conducted for 8\u2009weeks. With the initiation of Military Health System Genesis, the SOP was adjusted and a root cause analysis was performed. The pediatric gastroenterology clinic cares for patients presenting with functional abdominal pain; therefore, the clinic was added to the second iteration to determine if anxiety or depression may play a role. Providers were educated on documentation and coding. A second post-implementation chart review was conducted for 8\u2009weeks. Over two iterations, mental health screening of new adolescent patients in pediatric subspecialty clinics increased by 794% from baseline. Our providers screened 50% of the adolescent patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>With increased surveillance of an at-risk population, more adolescents will receive the standard of care. 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