White House enlists doctors and hospitals to combat gun violence

The Biden administration wants state and local health officials and hospitals to boost timely data collection on emergency room visits for firearm-related injuries.

The White House is calling on hospital executives, doctors, and other health care leaders to take bolder steps to prevent gun violence by gathering more data about gunshot injuries and routinely counseling patients about safe use of firearms.

Biden administration officials are hosting back-to-back events Thursday and Friday at the White House for about 160 health care officials, calling gun violence a “public health crisis” that requires them to act.

Source: White House enlists doctors and hospitals to combat gun violence | The Lund Report