Registry Basics
The software system where trauma data is collected and stored.
What is the Trauma Registry
The process of checking registry data for accuracy and completeness.
What is data validation?
A preventable complication or delay in care is called this.
What is an opportunity for improvement (OFI)?
The ACS manual that outlines PI requirements for trauma centers.
What is the Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient, Gray book?
A patient arrived hypotensive, but no blood pressure was entered in the registry. What PI issue is this?
What is a Data Entry/Omission Error?
The national database that hospitals submit trauma data to
What is TQIP
Missing prehospital vitals or incorrect ICD-10 coding are examples of these.
What are data errors?
The trauma cart was not available when needed. You let the OR staff know, and they said they will make sure that doesn't happen again.
What is not loop closure?
In NH, who designates trauma centers?
Who is the NH commissioner?
A patient expired in the ED, but no mortality review was documented. What standard was missed?
What is Required Mortality Review?
The minimum set of data elements required for national submission
What is NTDS (National Trauma Data Standard)?
The practice of comparing registry data to the medical record.
What is Reabstraction or Chart Audit?
No harm, moderate harm, death
WHat is taxonomy?
In 2026, who verifies Level I, II, and III trauma programs?
Who is the ACS?
A trauma patient’s blood transfusion data doesn’t match the lab results or blood bank record. What process would identify this error?
What is Data Validation/Audit?
This role is responsible for abstracting and entering trauma data.
Who is the Trauma Registrar?
The ACS is now requiring trauma centers to have this in relation to their trauma registry.
What is a data quality plan?
Patient went to IR for grade 4 splenic laceration and was embolized, but the next day had to have a splenectomy.
What is an unplanned OR?
This document demonstrates compliance with PI and registry standards during a site visit.
What is the PI Documentation/Meeting Minutes?
A trauma patient has a baseline creatinine of 1.2, and while a patient, it rises to 3, but they are still making urine.
What is not AKI?
The company created V5
What is DI?
Duplicate patients, inconsistent dates, or missing identifiers are examples of these registry problems
What are Data Integrity Issues?
The patient has DM on their history list, and they take Ozempic
What is not DM per NTDS?
What standard number in the Gray book, in their newest release, is PI?
What is standard 7?
Your trauma center has a greater than 10% missed temperatures on your highest activations.
What is a TQIP quality indicator?