AUG 12, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Redesigning Inpatient Postpartum Care to Achieve Universal Depression Screening and Early Connection to Behavioral Health Support
American Journal of Perinatology
A well-designed pre-post implementation study in a real clinical setting demonstrating substantial improvements in screening completion and referrals, but limited by single-centre design, lack of long-term follow-up, and no clinical outcome data beyond process metrics.
Reported
Screening completion pre-interven…25.7%
Screening completion post-interve…95.0%
Positive screen rate pre-interven…1.5%