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Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP)
TQIP supports the College’s mission of promoting the highest standards of surgical care through the evaluation of surgical outcomes in clinical practice, and promises to improve the quality of trauma surgical care. The objective of TQIP is to build upon this existing infrastructure through enhancements in the following areas: data collection, benchmarking, and identifying structures and processes of care. TQIP now has 65 participating trauma centers. Sign up now for 2011! Register for the TQIP Annual Meeting and Training. Plan to attend if you are a current participant or if you hope to join for 2011. If you are not a TQIP 2010 participant, please email us at tqip@facs.org for specific directions on how to register. View 2010 TQIP Telephone/Web Conference Presentations: Contact TQIP Melanie Neal, NTDB Manager Chris Hoeft, TQIP Coordinator
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The fundamental goal of TQIP is to provide risk-adjusted benchmarking of designated/verified trauma centers to track outcomes and improve patient care. To accomplish this, the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) 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.
