Epic integrates firearm injury risk screening tool from Northwell Health

The tool was developed through Northwell Health's National Institutes of Health-funded “We Ask Everyone” research study. A new patient firearm safety screening tool developed by Northwell Health has been integrated into Epic's electronic health record to screen patients for firearm injury risk and collect data on firearm-injured patients. The tool was developed through Northwell Health's National Institutes of Health -funded research study "We Ask Everyone." It screens patients to determine their risk of firearm injury, provides gun locks for patients who are identified as being at risk, refers patients to hospital-based violence intervention program services, and collects data for research…

Source: MobiHealthNews