Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP)
- Provides risk-adjusted benchmarking of designated/verified trauma centers to track outcomes and improve patient care.
- Utilizes the infrastructure of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) to collect valid and reliable data, provide feedback to participating trauma centers, and identify institutional characteristics that are associated with improved outcomes.
- Builds upon this existing infrastructure through enhancements in the following areas: data collection, benchmarking, and identifying structures and processes of care.
TQIP now has 128 participating trauma centers. Sign up now for 2012!
The TQIP Google group is a great resource relying on expertise of fellow abstractors and PI practitioners. If you have not already done so, please visit http://groups.google.com/group/trauma-quality-improvement-program---tqip to request membership to the TQIP Google group.
TQIP Annual Meeting and Training will be held on November 13 – 15, 2011 in Chicago. Plan to attend if you are a current participant or if you hope to join for 2012.
Contact TQIPAmerican College of Surgeons
Trauma Quality Improvement Program
633 N. Saint Clair Street, 26th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
tqip@facs.org
Melanie Neal, NTDB Manager
E-mail: mneal@facs.org
Phone: 312-202-5536
Tammy Morgan, TQIP Educator
E-mail: tmorgan@facs.org
Phone: 312-202-5541
Julia McMurray, TQIP Coordinator
E-Mail:jmcmurray@facs.org
Phone: 312-202-5511
LieLing Wu, Senior Statistician
E-mail: lwu@facs.org
Phone: 312-202-5548
Revised January 18, 2012