title: Trauma performance improvement and patient safety committee: fostering an effective team.
abstract: Trauma programs that are verified by the American College of Surgeons are required to have a multidisciplinary committee that examines trauma-related patient care operations. To facilitate a potentially large number of issues relevant to patient care, the Trauma Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Committee can apply team principles to promote success. A literature review concerning effective teams was conducted. Eleven principles were identified as essential for developing an effective committee that can properly respond to and resolve performance issues in complex trauma care. This article describes and applies these 11 principles to the Trauma Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Committee.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas 67214, USA. gberg@kumc.edu
authors.forename: Gina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Acuna
authors.forename: Felecia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lippoldt
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D061214:Patient Safety; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012955:Societies, Medical; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*