Implementation and initial analysis of Cardiff Model data collection procedures in a level I trauma adult emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our understanding of community violence is limited by incomplete information, which can potentially be resolved by collecting violence-related injury information through healthcare systems in tandem with prior data streams. This study assessed the feasibility of implementing Cardiff Model data collection procedures in the emergency department (ED) setting to improve multisystem data sharing capabilities and create more representative datasets.

Design

Information collection fields were incorporated into the ED electronic health record (EHR), which gathered additional information from patients reporting assaultive injuries. ED nurses were surveyed to evaluate implementation and feasibility of information collection. Logistic regression was performed to determine ass

SUBMITTER: Nguyen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8739060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature