Trauma Quality 
Beyond the Cribari Grid: How to use statistical control to improve triage rates
The Cribari Grid has long been the standard tool for measuring undertriage and overtriage rates within a trauma system. But while the grid is relatively…
Trauma Quality
7 Lessons from Michigan’s Pioneering Trauma Quality Collaborative
What is the right “scale” for a trauma quality program? Four years ago, the Michigan trauma community launched a region-level quality collaborative. Leaders say a…
Trauma Quality
6 Ways to Improve Trauma Care for Children
Trauma systems in the U.S. have developed dramatically in recent decades. But according to Barbara Gaines, MD, many aspects of trauma care today are designed…
Trauma Quality
Geriatric trauma program cuts length of stay
The 5-month-old Geriatric Trauma Institute at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, a Level I trauma center in Johnstown, Pa., has reduced LOS for older trauma patients…