A Process for Trauma Registry Concurrent Chart Abstraction

Introduction

• Trauma service department growth leads to additional personnel which over time necessitates a review of workflows to evaluate redundancies
• Abstraction requirements may vary between centers affecting productivity
• Adopting concurrent abstraction includes challenging the status quo
• Concurrent registry abstraction leads to concurrent performance improvement

Objectives

• Understand the various strategies that promote concurrent registry abstraction
• Recognize the challenges associated with concurrent abstraction
• Identify strategies to reduce redundancies in workflow processes which promotes concurrent abstraction
• How a level 2 trauma center can implement the strategies to become concurrent