Readiness Checklist

Topic: Community Safety Partnership Readiness
Task	Readiness Level	Next Steps	Target Completion Date
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	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
Establish where, when, and how often the CSP will meet	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
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	Have Not Started In Progress Completed

Topic: Hospital Readiness
Task	Readiness Level	Next Steps	Target Completion Date
Work with hospital leadership to obtain buy-in and support, especially among these groups: Emergency Department – Physicians Emergency Department – Nurses Trauma Department (if applicable)	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
Determine who is able to regularly attend CSP meetings as a hospital representative (may be more than one individual)	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
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	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
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	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
Develop a communication plan for the hospital, which may include: identifying a communication lead developing internal communication materials developing external communication materials	Have Not Started In Progress Completed

Topic: Law Enforcement Readiness
Task	Readiness Level	Next Steps	Target Completion Date
Work with law enforcement contacts to obtain buyin, especially from: Command Staff/Leadership Analysts	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
Determine who is able to regularly attend (CSP) meetings as a law enforcement representative (may be more than one individual)	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
Identify a process for information sharing and mapping, this may include: Receiving hospital violence information Combining violence information with law enforcement records* Creating maps with hospital violence information and law enforcement records Sharing maps with the CSP	Have Not Started In Progress Completed

Topic: Financial, Legal, and Technical Readiness
Task	Readiness Level	Next Steps	Target Completion Date
Identify legal and regulatory considerations including institutional review boards or institutional legal departments	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
Determine how data are shared and kept secure (see note)	Have Not Started In Progress Completed
Determine costs and whether these can be supported internally or identify funding mechanisms	Have Not Started In Progress Completed