Improving National Trauma Data Bank® coding data reliability for traumatic injury using a prospective systems approach

Trauma centers manage an active Trauma Registry from which research, quality improvement, and epidemiologic information are extracted to ensure optimal care of the trauma patient. We evaluated coding procedures using the Relational Trauma Scoring System to determine the relative accuracy of the Rela...

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Published in:Health informatics journal Vol. 22; no. 4; p. 1076
Main Authors: Ewing, Michael, Funk, Geoffrey A, Warren, Ann Marie, Rapier, Nakia, Reynolds, Megan, Bennett, Monica, Mastropieri, Cyndi, Foreman, Michael L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England 01.12.2016
Subjects:
Data Accuracy
Databases, Factual - standards
Humans
Prospective Studies
Quality Improvement - trends
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Systems Analysis
Trauma Centers - organization & administration
Trauma Centers - trends
Wounds and Injuries
decision-support systems
electronic health records
health-care service innovation and IT
databases and data mining
quality control
information and knowledge management
ISSN:1741-2811, 1741-2811
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Summary:Trauma centers manage an active Trauma Registry from which research, quality improvement, and epidemiologic information are extracted to ensure optimal care of the trauma patient. We evaluated coding procedures using the Relational Trauma Scoring System to determine the relative accuracy of the Relational Trauma Scoring System for coding diagnoses in comparison to the standard retrospective chart-based format. Charts from 150 patients admitted to a level I trauma service were abstracted using standard methods. These charts were then randomized and abstracted by trauma nurse clinicians with coding software aide. For charts scored pre-training, percent correct for the trauma nurse clinicians ranged from 52 to 64 percent, while the registrars scored 51 percent correct. After training, percentage correct for the trauma nurse clinicians increased to a range of 80-86 percent. Our research has demonstrated implementable changes that can significantly increase the accuracy of data from trauma centers.
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ISSN:1741-2811
1741-2811
DOI:10.1177/1460458215610896