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Trauma Informatics: Guidelines, Protocols, and Pathways

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There is little doubt that health care is undergoing significant change. Efforts to reduce costs and improve quality have resulted in the development of guidelines to reduce “unnecessary” variation in practice and make more effective use of health care resources. Health care regulators and payers are now requiring guidelines, protocols, and pathways for accreditation and participation in their individual plans. 1,2

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, USA

    Kimball I. Maull MD, FACS (Professor and Vice Chairman, Director) (Professor and Vice Chairman, Director)

  2. Division of Trauma and Emergency Medical Services, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA

    Kimball I. Maull MD, FACS (Professor and Vice Chairman, Director) (Professor and Vice Chairman, Director)

  3. Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, USA

    Jeffrey S. Augenstein MD, PhD, FACS (Professor, Director) (Professor, Director)

  4. Computer Services Ryder Trauma Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA

    Jeffrey S. Augenstein MD, PhD, FACS (Professor, Director) (Professor, Director)

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Rhodes, M., Pasquale, M.D. (1998). Trauma Informatics: Guidelines, Protocols, and Pathways. In: Maull, K.I., Augenstein, J.S. (eds) Trauma Informatics. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1636-0_12

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