Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, Calif., has targeted January 2015 to begin operations as a Level II trauma center. A recent news report details the program’s anticipated annual costs, hiring activity, executive compensation and revenue. Full Story
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Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., was recently verified as a Level III trauma center by the ACS. The hospital is one of three Level III trauma facilities in the state. Read More
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio has been designated as a Level III trauma center by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The hospital is one of only seven pediatric stand-alone facilities in the state that have a trauma designation. Read More
Omaha residents recently expressed their concerns about the planned move of trauma services from Creighton University Medical Center in northeast Omaha to Bergan Mercy Medical Center in the central part of the city. Full Story
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 from nearly 6 days to about 4.2 days. Trauma program leaders say the institute will save $2 million per year. Full Story
University Medical Center in Lubbock, Tex., recently opened a special unit for older trauma patients, according to a KCBD report. The unit centralizes geriatric trauma patients in a dedicated floor to facilitate management of their unique trauma risks. Opened in March, the new unit is one of the first geriatric trauma units in the nation.…
Wraparound Project, a violence prevention program founded by trauma surgeon Rochelle Dicker, MD, was profiled in a recent KPIX report. Dicker founded the program in 2002 to address the risk factors that lead to repeat violence. The program focuses on young trauma patients who are victims of violent injury. Case managers leverage this critical moment…
Gerard Doherty, MD, and Peter Burke, MD, FACS, marked the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing with an opinion piece in the Boston Globe. Doherty is surgeon-in-chief and Burke is the chief of trauma services at Boston Medical Center. The editorial commends the readiness of the Boston-area trauma community—which includes five Level I trauma…
Can geographic information system (GIS) technology help determine the fastest and most cost-effective transport method for patients with traumatic injuries? Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and the Maryland Shock Trauma Center recently analyzed a decade of trauma air transports in five Maryland counties. The researchers used GIS technology to estimate air versus ambulance transport…
In a recent letter to CMS, the Trauma Center Association of America proposed an episode-based payment model for the treatment of traumatic injury. Under the proposal, the episode of care would begin with the patient’s presentation at a trauma center and end with inpatient admission or outpatient discharge. Payment would be based on trauma center…