Moving from "optimal resources" to "optimal care" at trauma centers

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 870-877

  Shafi, Shahid ^a,c   Rayan, Nadine ^a   Barnes, Sunni ^a   Fleming, Neil ^a   Gentilello, Larry M ^b   Ballard, David ^a  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Core measures; Trauma processes of care; Trauma quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TRAUMA SPECIFIC PROCESSES OF CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84862736753     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182463e20     Document Type: Review

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