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Grady trauma team describes Ivy hospital-based violence intervention; DeKalb provided seed funding
Summary
Grady Health updated DeKalb County commissioners on the Ivy Project, a hospital-based violence intervention program that pairs violence intervention specialists with trauma teams to reduce reinjury. Grady reported participant outcomes, expansion plans and requests to coordinate with DeKalb housing and rental-assistance programs.
Grady Health told the DeKalb County Planning, Economic Development and Community Services Committee on Tuesday that its Ivy Project — a hospital-based violence intervention program — has produced markedly lower reinjury rates among program participants and is expanding services with DeKalb support.
Dr. Randy Smith, a trauma surgeon at Grady and the Ivy Project lead, said the program pairs community violence intervention specialists who have lived experience with the hospital trauma team to address patients’ social needs as well as their physical injuries. “We—re less than 3 percent right now,” Dr. Smith said, describing the program—s reinjury rate among participants compared with national reinjury benchmarks he said can reach 30 percent.
The Ivy Project, Dr. Smith said, focuses on patients ages 14–44 who have suffered intentional community firearm injuries…
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