On Wednesday, October 1st, the Alameda County Family Justice Center held a showcase/reception for its new Domestic Violence Reporting and Referral (DVRR) system, an innovative approach towards using web-based technology to better meet the needs of domestic violence survivors. Currently, California state law requires health care providers to report patients who are victims of domestic violence, but the current system is problematic. Emergency rooms and medical providers lack a standardized domestic violence reporting form and don’t know whether there will be help available for victims when they do fill out their form and make a report.
“The DVRR will simplify domestic violence reporting for Alameda County health care providers,” said Hillary Larkin, SART Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center, “it allows every health care provider to easily refer victims for comprehensive services, regardless of where or when the patient presents for care.”
DVRR gives medical providers a convenient web-based tool to make a police report and simultaneously refer a victim to the Alameda County Family Justice Center (ACFJC) for services and support. See the DVRR press release.
