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NFTI And STAT: Can They Replace The Cribari Grid?
Learn about the Need For Trauma Intervention, and how it factors into your analysis of over- and undertriage.


Undertriage And Overtriage: The Cribari Grid
Learn how to use the Cribari Grid to identify undertriage and overtriage and download a tool to automate the process.


Virtual Site Visit Best Practices: Chart And Document Sharing
Learn about the best practices to share trauma program documents and charts during your next trauma center virtual site visit.


Virtual Site Visit Best Practices: The Video Walkthrough
This post describes a set of best practices for the virtual site visit video walkthrough.


The Ins And Outs Of Unanticipated Mortality
This post defines unanticipated mortality, how many a typical program encounters, and describes exactly how to address and document them.


Transfers In: Direct Admit vs Send To The ED
How can you decide whether to accept a transfer patient as a direct admit or send them to your ED? Here are factors to help you decide the best place in the hospital for your patient.


Evolution Of Trauma PI: Twenty Years of Opportunities For Improvement
Discover the trends that Harborview Medical Center found when they analyzed 20 years of trends in preventable deaths.


How Often Should My Trauma Operations Committee Meet?
Learn which factors are important in planning how often your operations committee meets, and whether it should meet on the same day as your PI committee.


How Often Should My Performance Improvement Committee Meet?
How often should your Multidisciplinary Trauma PI Committee meet? Read about the six factors to help you determine the ideal frequency.


When Is An Opportunity For Improvement (OFI) Not An OFI?
Not every opportunity for improvement is clinically significant when classifying deaths and complications. Find out which ones aren’t.