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…
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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…
The ACS has verified Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene as a Level III trauma center. The hospital serves northern Idaho, eastern Washington and Montana. Read More
The ACS has verified Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence as a Level I pediatric trauma center. Hasbro Children’s is the pediatric division of Rhode Island Hospital, and it was previously included as a “pediatric commitment” within the overall trauma verification. The two hospitals are the only Level I trauma centers in Rhode Island. Read More
Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak was recently reverified by the ACS as an adult Level I trauma center. In addition, Beaumont Children’s Hospital (a children’s medical center within Beaumont Hospital) was newly verified as a pediatric Level II trauma center. Read More
Chandler Regional Medical Center has received provisional designation as a Level I trauma center from the Arizona Department of Health Services. The suburban Phoenix hospital announced it will seek Level II verification from the ACS. Read More
A memoir by Peter Rhee, MD, medical director of the UMC Trauma Center at the University of Arizona, will be published this June, according to the Arizona Daily Star. In Trauma Red: The Making of a Surgeon in War and in America’s Cities, Dr. Rhee recounts efforts to build southern Arizona’s only Level I trauma…
Methodist Dallas Medical Center, a Level II trauma center, recently received $2 million from Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt to support construction of the new Charles A. Sammons Tower, according to the Dallas Morning News. Scheduled to open this July, the six-story tower will include five trauma suites and eight surgical suites. Full Story
Can rapid cooling buy time for patients who are not likely to survive their injuries with the current standard of care? UPMC Presbyterian, a Level I trauma center in Pittsburgh, recently began a clinical trial to test an emergency preservation and resuscitation protocol, according to a WESA report. Full Story
State legislators in Florida who responded to a recent Tampa Bay Times survey overwhelming support three measures designed to reign in trauma activation fees. Suggested measures include requiring the state to analyze and publish hospitals’ trauma activation fees, requiring hospitals to base fees on actual trauma center costs, and capping activation fees. Full Story