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- Title
Use of an Electronic Referral Application to Address Post-Injury Needs of Victims of Firearm Injury in a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program.
- Authors
Mercer, Jennifer L.; Reigle, Jori A.; Jenkins, Phillip M.; Cranford, James A.; Creech, Constance J.; Murray-Wright, Margaret A.; Sachwani-Daswani, Gul R.; Mercer Jr., Leo C.; Mercer, Leo C Jr
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Wraparound referrals are a cornerstone of hospital-based violence intervention programs, which have proven to be an effective public health approach for mitigating violence and recidivism. We hypothesized that replacing a manual referral process with an electronic referral application would increase the number of generated referrals and improve compliance with follow-up visits.<bold>Study Design: </bold>The population for this single center quantitative study was a convenience sample of firearm-injured patients. Data from 74 patients were collected using the electronic health record, the electronic referral application, and the trauma registry before and after the intervention.<bold>Results: </bold>Post-implementation of the electronic referral application showed an increased number of generated referrals, increased emergency department and inpatient utilization of trauma recovery center services, and an increase in second follow-up visit compliance.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>This study demonstrated an increase in the number of referrals and greater likelihood of completion of post-injury follow-up visits after implementing the electronic referral system.
- Subjects
MEDICAL referrals; ELECTRONIC data processing documentation; FIREARMS &; crime; WOUNDS &; injuries; VIOLENCE prevention; GUNSHOT wounds; HOSPITALS; FIREARMS; ELECTRONICS
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2022, Vol 37, Issue 2, p294
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1891/VV-D-20-00217