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Your Data – New Year Resolution (Live)
Handout: Your Data
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The document, titled "Your Data New Year Resolution," is an educational material authored by Michael Trelow from the Brundage Group, aimed at improving data management practices within trauma care. It is endorsed by the Trauma Center Association of America (TCAA) for nursing, providing contact hours approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing.<br /><br />The document outlines various types of data—qualitative, nominal, ordinal, quantitative, discrete, and continuous—and emphasizes their importance in decision-making, problem-solving, predicting and forecasting, improving processes, understanding behaviors, and conducting scientific research.<br /><br />Key objectives include streamlining data for submission to the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) and understanding its pathway beyond the hospital. It stresses the need to create a hospital data dictionary for consistency and accuracy, recommending an annual review of data starting every October. The goal is to ensure that any changes and updates are completed before the new year.<br /><br />The material explains the necessity of cleaning and accurately documenting data, highlighting its impact on various stakeholders such as NTDB, TQIP, state epidemiologists, legislative bodies, trauma councils, and hospital administration. Trauma registry data is also utilized by multi-state programs, such as CODES, facilitated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for safety analyses. <br /><br />The document concludes with a note of gratitude from Michael Trelow, providing contact details for further information and assistance, underscoring the need for ongoing communication and collaboration in managing trauma-related data effectively.
Keywords
data management
trauma care
Michael Trelow
Brundage Group
TCAA
nursing education
data dictionary
TQIP
trauma registry
CDC
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