Best practice: Oregon's model for regional trauma system peer review.
The Oregon State Legislature approved a statewide trauma system in 1985. Regional trauma committees, known as area trauma advisory boards, were prescribed by this legislation. The area trauma advisory board in Region 1 in the Northwest corner of Oregon includes the only 2 level 1 trauma centers in the entire state and began meeting in 1988. The peer review subcommittee, Trauma Audit Group, serves as an interhospital peer review body with a 22-year history as a model of successful systemwide quality improvement committee.
Eastes
Lynn E
LE
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA. eastesl@ohsu.edu
D019985:Benchmarking; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009922:Oregon; D010380:Peer Review; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*