The “levels of review” model was created to make trauma performance improvement (PI) more efficient. In many trauma programs, however, managing events through the levels…
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released its long-awaited guidelines on the care of patients with spine injuries. The new resource provides trauma centers…
Corrective action plans are a key element of trauma performance improvement (PI). Ideally, the first corrective action plan developed leads to a complete resolution of…
If you are concerned that your PI efforts are falling behind, the main thing to do right now is take a deep breath and refocus on what is most important. Below, I explain several strategies for streamlining your PI efforts.
The American College of Surgeons recently announced several major changes to the trauma center verification process. One significant development is that data from the Trauma…
Trauma performance improvement is a chain of activities that stretches from event identification and review to corrective action and loop closure. Like any chain, however,…