Psychological Trauma
Lillibridge Healthcare Services Donates to CNTR on National Doctor’s Day – Coalition for National Trauma Research
To celebrate their healthcare tenants on National Doctor’s Day, medical real estate operating and leasing firm Lillibridge Healthcare Services (LHS) made a generous $20,000 donation to the Coalition for National Trauma Research today. March 30th is Doctors’ Day, an annual observance aimed at appreciating physicians who help save lives everywhere, and each year, the firm […]
CNTR Once Again Earns Highest Marks for Nonprofit Transparency – Coalition for National Trauma Research
The Coalition for National Trauma Research once again earned Guidestar’s Platinum Seal for 2023. Guidestar, now collaborating with Foundation Center as Candid, is a trusted, third-party verifier of nonprofit excellence. Candid is an international organization that supports best practices for nonprofit governance though its searchable database of thousands of organizations that have provided their tax […]
CNTR Receives DoD Contract to Integrate the National Trauma Research Repository into FITBIR – Coalition for National Trauma Research
With a newly awarded contract from the US Department of Defense’s (DOD) Combat Casualty Care Research Program (CCCRP), the Coalition for National Trauma Research will curate, harmonize and upload a tranche of high-quality legacy data into the National Trauma Research Repository (NTRR); update common data elements (CDEs); and integrate the repository in coordination with the […]
It’s Time to Deliver – Coalition for National Trauma Research
Outside of well-funded, urban trauma centers, too many critically injured patients die needlessly or suffer excessive disability following delayed or substandard care. Effective development and equitable and rapid dissemination of clinical practice guidelines is needed to help close the performance gaps between the trauma center haves and have-nots. Lives and livelihoods depend on it. The […]
Dr. Molly Jarman Collaborates with CNTR in Quest to Reduce Disparities – Coalition for National Trauma Research
When she was a college student, Molly Jarman saw first-hand how lack of access to emergency care affects those who live in rural America. When her roommate’s father was injured in a car crash in a small North Carolina town, the closest emergency room was two hours away. To make matters worse, bad weather that […]
Avoid trauma payment trouble by appropriately managing patient upgrades and downgrades – Trauma System News
The U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently launched a review of Medicare payments for trauma claims. Angie Chisolm, MBA, BSN, RN, CFRN, TCRN One focus of the OIG review is trauma team activation (TTA) payments to hospitals that are not properly designated or verified trauma centers. While this is a genuine concern for the […]
Dallas Morning News Series Sheds Light on the Crisis of Traumatic Injury – Coalition for National Trauma Research
A series of articles to be published in the Dallas Morning News beginning today, November 28, 2023, illuminates the public health crisis that trauma surgeons have long lived and decried: the thousands of Americans dying from uncontrolled bleeding, when their deaths are preventable. Investigative reporter Lauren Caruba spent more than two years interviewing trauma surgeons, […]
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation – Trauma System News
Peregrine Health Services and Trauma System News are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation — Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and the Montana State Trauma Care Committee. “I am very pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2024 Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation,” said Mark Feinberg, managing partner […]
Design For Implementation Conference to Spotlight the Plight of Rural Trauma Systems and Teams – Coalition for National Trauma Research
The demands on rural providers and the unique challenges of rural trauma systems will be the topic of discussion during a panel discussion: “Clinical Guidance Access and Applicability: The Rural Provider’s Experience” at the Design for Implementation Conference, scheduled for February 21-22, 2024. With a passion for frontier trauma, ER/trauma nurse Alyssa Johnson is the […]
Jamin Rankin named 2024 Distinguished TCRN – Trauma System News
The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) has announced that Jamin Rankin, BSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, TCRN, CPEN, CTRN, is the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished TCRN Award. Jamin Rankin, BSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, TCRN, CPEN, CTRN Rankin is trauma program manager at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana. In his […]