HIMSS 2022 Interoperability Showcase
Detect Human Trafficking with Automation

Participating Organizations:

Trisotech

In this HIMSS 2022 Interoperability Showcase, the Trisotech Digital Enterprise Suite (DES) plays the central role of automating the clinical workflows and decisions within a Human Trafficking scenario. The Trisotech Digital Automation Suite (DAS) automates the best practice guideline for detecting Human Trafficking and automatically orchestrates the collaboration (Interoperability) of all the other vendors involved.

Combating human trafficking is a complex task often seen as insurmountable given the lack of awareness and shared understanding of what constitutes trafficking, often with victims hidden in plain sight. Worse, individual attitudes and biases toward victims lead to inconsistent responses by law enforcement and evaluation by healthcare workers. The impact of the overarching lack of awareness around human trafficking results in healthcare practitioners missing the signs of when a patient is being held captive. This results in the patients’ continued suffering of physical and mental abuse, exacerbating the fear that their current reality will go unnoticed. Often, in the case of human sex trafficking, the best domain for detection and escalation is within the Emergency Department (ED). The ED is a controlled environment, with a workforce accustomed to working under protocols, and workflow informed by the latest research and best practices. But challenges remain: lack of awareness, training, data access, and clear measurable objectives mean detecting human sex trafficking in the ED often falls on an overly stressed clinical workforce whose attention may be diminished. Unfortunately, most clinical providers still don’t have access to usable tools to help them identify and safely help victims of human trafficking. Please join us as we demonstrate automated interoperable processes that ensure consistent, unbiased and measurable quality outcomes. Follow the patient as they move through registration, triage, examination and discharge. The structure of the software solutions works in concert to assist and direct the detection of human trafficking processes consistently in a high-volume, complex emergency department. View the detailed description here.