User-Centered Design of Trauma Systems Solutions for Retriage of Patients With Injury: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT: Retriage is the emergent interhospital transfer of severely injured patients from nontrauma and low-level trauma centers to high-level trauma centers. An estimated 17%-34% of patients with traumatic injury are undertriaged to nontrauma or low-level trauma centers in the United States each year. These patients see 30% increased odds of mortality at 48 hours and nearly 4-fold increased odds of overall mortality. However, 30%-50% of undertriaged patients are never retriaged to a high-level trauma center. Informatics-driven solutions facilitate time-sensitive exchange of patient information in other health care contexts. Few studies have explored how informatics-driven solutions can be tailored to address obstacles to timely, effective retriage. We applied user-centered design to develop a rob

SUBMITTER: Slocum JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12381891 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature