TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Use of an electronic referral application to address post-injury needs of victims of firearm injury in a hospital-based violence intervention program
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Mercer, Jennifer L.
A1  - Reigle, Jori A.
A1  - Jenkins, Phillip M.
A1  - Cranford, James A.
A1  - Creech, Constance J.
A1  - Murray-Wright, Margaret A.
A1  - Sachwani-Daswani, Gul R.
A1  - Mercer, Leo C. Jr
SP  - 294
EP  - 302
VL  - 37
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-20-00217
ID  - ref1
ER  -