@article{ref1,
title="Use of an electronic referral application to address post-injury needs of victims of firearm injury in a hospital-based violence intervention program",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2022",
author="Mercer, Jennifer L. and Reigle, Jori A. and Jenkins, Phillip M. and Cranford, James A. and Creech, Constance J. and Murray-Wright, Margaret A. and Sachwani-Daswani, Gul R. and Mercer, Leo C. Jr",
volume="37",
number="2",
pages="294-302",
abstract="BACKGROUND: 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. STUDY DESIGN: 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. <br><br>RESULTS: 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. <br><br>CONCLUSION: 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="10.1891/VV-D-20-00217",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-20-00217"
}