Readiness Checklist
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Establish a Community Safety Partnership (CSP). Key partners must include law enforcement and hospital(s), and other key partners may include public health departments, other government agencies, universities, and other local community organizations |
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Establish where, when, and how often the CSP will meet |
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Determine most useful violence information to be collected. Critical information includes: time, date, weapon used, and location of injury; other information may also be useful to address specific needs |
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Work with hospital leadership to obtain buy-in and support, especially among these groups:
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Determine who is able to regularly attend CSP meetings as a hospital representative (may be more than one individual) |
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Establish process with appropriate hospital staff to determine ability to integrate Cardiff Model injury information into the electronic medical record (EMR) or planned record-keeping system |
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Work with hospital departments to (1) integrate the injury information data collection fields into the EMR/record-keeping system, (2) identify and train appropriate hospital staff to collect violence information (e.g. nurses, registrars), and (3) extract violence information at regular intervals– established by the partnership – and share with law enforcement so they can combine data and create maps to share with the community safety partnership |
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Develop a communication plan for the hospital, which may include:
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Work with law enforcement contacts to obtain buyin, especially from:
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Determine who is able to regularly attend (CSP) meetings as a law enforcement representative (may be more than one individual) |
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Identify a process for information sharing and mapping, this may include:
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Identify legal and regulatory considerations including institutional review boards or institutional legal departments |
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Determine how data are shared and kept secure (see note) |
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Determine costs and whether these can be supported internally or identify funding mechanisms |
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