Pilot Study of a Software Application to Identify Trauma Registry Inconsistencies.

Background: Trauma registries are essential to the functioning of modern trauma centers, and high-quality data are necessary to identify patient care issues, develop evidence-based practice, and more. However, institutional experience suggested existing methods to evaluate data quality were insufficient.

Objective: This study aims to compare a new software application developed at our trauma center to our existing trauma registry platform on the ability to identify registry inconsistencies (i.

Reducing Inpatient Falls Through Simulations With Symptom Burden Devices.

Background: In-hospital patient falls are a persistent problem in health care, resulting in increased length of stay and nonreimbursable charges.

Local Problem: Although fall prevention programs have decreased inpatient fall rates, our hospital averages 30 falls per month.

Methods: This was a quality improvement project, including a simulation and debriefing.