title: Performance improvement on the battlefield.
abstract: The Joint Theater Trauma System (JTTS) is a formal system of trauma care designed to improve the medical care and outcomes for combat casualties of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. This article describes the JTTS Trauma Performance Improvement Plan and how JTTS personnel use it to facilitate performance improvement across the entire continuum of combat casualty care.
authors.affiliation: DoD Blast Injury Research Program Coordinating Office, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA. mdejong@aol.com
authors.forename: Marla J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: De Jong
authors.forename: Kathleen D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huddleston
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Spott
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bolenbaucher
mesh_terms: D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005858:Germany; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D014194:Traumatology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States