%0 Journal Article
%T Trauma resource designation: an innovative approach to improving trauma system overtriage
%A Fady Nasrallah
%A Gail T Tominaga
%A Imad S Dandan
%A Jess F Kraus
%A Kathryn B Schaffer
%A Melanie Gawlik R N
%J Archive of "Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open".
%D 2017
%R 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000102
%X Effective triage of injured patients is often a balancing act for trauma systems. As healthcare reimbursements continue to decline, 1 innovative programs to effectively use hospital resources are essential in maintaining a viable trauma system. The objective of this pilot intervention was to evaluate a new triage model using ¡®trauma resource¡¯ (TR) as a new category in our existing Tiered Trauma Team Activation (TA) approach with hopes of decreasing charges without adversely affecting patient outcome
%K triage
%K cost-effective management
%K ED management
%K resource
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5877913/