title: Electronic trauma patient outcomes assessment tool: performance improvement in the trauma intensive care unit.
abstract: An electronic dashboard can enhance compliance with a specific checklist of indicators with daily management of injured patients in a trauma intensive care unit effectively. A performance management electronic dashboard monitored 24 indicators in the trauma intensive care unit over a 3-year period. Over a 3-year period, utilization of the electronic dashboard improved from 64% to 100% and mean compliance rose from 94.8% to 97.4%. Implementation of an electronic dashboard enhances compliance in managing trauma patients in a sustainable manner, allows immediate correction of deficiencies, monitors trends, and facilitates performance improvement/patient safety initiatives of a trauma program.
authors.affiliation: Trauma Department, University Medical Center of El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Alejandrina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: Alan H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tyroch
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Smead
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011361:Professional Competence; D058996:Quality Improvement; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*