Open AccessEvaluating trauma center process performance in an integrated trauma system with registry data
Author(s) -
Lynne Moore,
André Lavoie,
Marie-Josée Sirois,
Rachid Amini,
Amina Belcaïd,
John S. Sampalis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.110754
Subject(s) - trauma center , medicine , variance (accounting) , quality management , operations management , surgery , retrospective cohort study , engineering , management system , accounting , business
The evaluation of trauma center performance implies the use of indicators that evaluate clinical processes. Despite the availability of routinely collected clinical data in most trauma systems, quality improvement efforts are often limited to hospital-based audit of adverse patient outcomes.