Evaluating IDENTITY, an Automated Data Sharing Platform to Improve Health Outcomes for Youth in Protective Custody

Purpose Integrated Data Environment to eNhance outcomes in cusTody Youth (IDENTITY) is a web-based portal designed to share linked electronic health record (EHR) and child welfare information in near-real time for children in protective custody. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and utilization of IDENTITY by child protective services workers and clinicians. Methods IDENTITY links records between the State Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) and the EHR using deterministic matching and non-deterministic matching algorithms (Dexheimer et al., 2018), updated twice daily and displayed in a …