Lankenau Medical Center and Bryn Mawr Hospital were both cited in recent months.
A girl who had been sexually and physically assaulted by three people sought help at Lankenau Medical Center, but authorities were never notified.Health-care workers are among the professionals considered “mandated reporters” under Pennsylvania law, meaning they are required to report to the Department of Human Services any time they suspect abuse against a patient who is under age 18., Pennsylvania’s system for reporting suspected abuse and well-being concerns to child protective services.
“They’re the front line of defense and may be the only person to receive the information,” Cervone said. “If they don’t blow the whistle, a troubling situation may continue.”Both Bryn Mawr and Lankenau have retrained staff on mandatory reporting requirements in response to the citations and agreed to monitor cases for compliance.
A majority of calls to ChildLine come from mandated reporters — school employees, day-care workers, medical providers and others who encounter children as part of their profession and who are required to report any suspicions of abuse. The approach is intended to improve efficiency, so a dozen people aren’t reporting the same incident, and ensure that no cases are overlooked, if each of those dozen people assumes someone else already reported the incident.In other instances, medical staff may be confused about whether they need to report a case.
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