Program Management 
5 coding and billing mistakes that reduce trauma center revenue
Too many trauma programs are clinically strong but financially troubled. When this happens, hospital leaders may consider downgrading their trauma designation or even closing their…
Hemorrhage Control
Tourniquets placed by first responders improve patient outcomes in penetrating extremity injury
Recent studies have shown that civilian tourniquet use dramatically reduces the risk of death for injured patients. But how do prehospital tourniquets affect other patient…
Research
New “frailty pathway” for elderly trauma patients reduces delirium and 30-day readmissions
Trauma surgeons at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have developed an interdisciplinary clinical pathway to identify and manage frailty in older trauma patients. The…
Call for Papers: Trauma Performance Improvement
Has your trauma program implemented a performance improvement initiative that could help improve care, safety or efficiency at other trauma centers? If so, you are…