Tracking Human Trafficking: Evaluating the Use of an Electronic Health Record System in Hospital Settings to Document Indicators of Abuse and Human Trafficking

Author: Gibbs, Holly; Roe-Sepowitz, Dominique & Burrell, Mary Beth

Abstract: When using an electronic health record system to document and quantify concerns of human trafficking, recommendations include grouping all indicators of abuse into one field and having a subject matter expert review all data to determine if human trafficking is indicated

Keywords: abuse, human trafficking, screening, violence, electronic health record, EHR