Hi everyone. I would love to hear from those of you who work in a system that has successfully implemented some sort of violence assessment screening tool in your ambulatory care settings. If this is a process that you have in place, can you speak to the following:
- What tool that you are using and how you have implemented the screening process into your practices?
- How do you determine which patients are screened? Is it all clinical services or only some? All clinical locations or only certain ones? Only patients with certain identified behaviors or risk factors? Or is everyone screened?
- If positive, is there a banner or alert linked, and how long does that remain present?
- If positive, have you built in any staff resources or pompts within the EMR?
- Is there a process for re-evaluation of that screening or a timeline for banner expiration?
We are looking to implement something and are looking to see what other current processes & tools are out there. Thanks in advance!
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Jennifer McMullen MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CV-BC, AMB-BC
Sr. Clinical Nurse Specialist for Ambulatory Care
University of Rochester Medicine
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