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Our Mission:

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To empower medical providers with clinical decision support for accurate and early identification, evaluation, and reporting of child maltreatment, while actively addressing racial disproportionality.

Our Vision:

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To reduce child maltreatment-related morbidity and mortality by integrating child abuse clinical decision support into standard clinical practice in the U.S. healthcare system.

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Our Values:

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Children deserve a childhood free from violence and neglect.

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Early identification of and intervention for child maltreatment will save lives.

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Clinical decision support for maltreatment allows professionals to collaborate with caregivers to ensure safe environments where children can thrive.

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Timely and accurate recognition of maltreatment is a fundamental component of high quality pediatric healthcare.

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Evidence-based and uniform assessment of maltreatment will reduce racial disproportionality.

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The Child Abuse Clinical Decision Support (CA-CDS) Consortium

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