Examining the power of the eMR to share interpersonal violence, abuse and neglect concerns

Abstract

From ANROWS research project RP.17.06 Examining the power of Child-At-Risk electronic medical record (eMR) alerts to share interpersonal violence, abuse and neglect concerns: Do child protection alerts help?<br/ ><br/ >This research sought to understand the impact of eMR alerts on the practice of health workers, and whether other health departments across Australia were using alerts.<br/ ><br/ >Research was carried out in the Northern NSW Local Health District, which employs 6900 health workers.<br/ ><br/ >180 health workers who had engaged with the alert system completed an online survey (74% completion rate).