Celebrating 32 Yearsof Excellence

PTSF/PaCOT Annual Conference October 30 – November 1, 2017

Harrisburg, PA

Juliet Altenburg, RN, MSN

Executive Director

Pennsylvania Trauma System Foundation

Denise Torres, MD

Trauma Medical Director

Geisinger Medical Center, Danville PA

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Board of Directors

Chair Vice Chair

Treasurer

PTSF Staff

Committees Chairs

Board Finance Policy/Procedure Conflict of Interest Nominating

Outcomes

PIPS

TQIP Collaborative

Research Registry Standards Trauma System Dev. Injury Prevention

Trauma Centers

Commonwealth HealthWilkes Barre General Hospital

Level II Trauma Center

10/1/17

Geisinger Holy SpiritCamp Hill, PA

Level II Trauma Center

10/1/17

Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale, PA

Level IV Trauma Center

11/1/17

Hospitals Pursuing Trauma Center

Accreditation

Total Number of Trauma Centers: 40

Adult Level I = 10 Adult Level II = 17

Pediatric Level I = 3 Combined Adult 1/Peds II = 2

Combined Adult I/Peds I = 1 Level III = 1

Level IV = 6Updated October 30, 2017

Effective 10/30/2017

Gold: Pursuing Level IV Accreditation (8)

Yellow: Pursuing Level III Accreditation (2)

White: Pursuing Level II Accreditation (1)

Using Data to Enhance Clinical Outcomes, PI and Research

• Promote Trauma Research

• Optimize the Collection of Key Data

• Efficiently and Effectively Analyze and Report Data

PA-TQIP CollaborativeUpdate

October 29, 2017

PTSF Performance Improvement Structure

Collaborative Accomplishments

• Survey Monkey– 45 responses

• Establishing “rules of engagement”– Going to meet three times a year– Two will be in person – One will have web-ex capabilities (56%)– In person meetings will be held in Harrisburg (56%)– Three people from every center will be allowed to

participate (56%)– Every center will have one vote (80%)

• Finalizing leadership structure– Linking of PATNAC president and PACOT

vice-chairs to being collaborative leaders

Collaborative Accomplishments• Unplanned admission to the

ICU- deep dive

– Two centers presented their data

– The good, bad and ugly

– Goal to identify which patients are affected

– Is this a measure of poor performance?

• Project continues

• Educational opportunities

Sharing of Best Practices

• Self-identified high performers

• Sharing clinical practice management guidelines

Where are we today?

Thank You

Next Meeting:

TQIP Conference meeting

Sunday, Nov 12

Chicago