HHS’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response awarded grants to four health organizations to pilot innovative models as part of its new Trauma Care Readiness and Coordination Program.
The grant will provide $500,000 to each organization to develop and test models that improve trauma system readiness and access to timely, appropriate care, according to an Oct. 2 agency news release. Each organization will carry out at least two pilot programs focused on different parts of trauma system readiness. After the pilots are completed, the agency will evaluate them to identify effective and feasible approaches that could strengthen trauma care readiness and coordination nationwide.
Here are the four recipients and their projects:
1. Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will design a scalable regional pathway for time-sensitive interfacility transfer patients that require specialized trauma and surgical care. The program will improve coordination between hospitals and expedite patient access.
2. Tacoma, Wash.-based Geneva Foundation will pilot a regional framework for integrated trauma and emergency care, capacity coordination and disaster resilience. The project is designed to improve regional emergency preparedness by connecting military and civilian healthcare partners.
3. Omaha-based Nebraska Medical Center will create a statewide coordination model to improve visibility of trauma resources and communication across system partners, as well as support efficient patient transfers.
4. Tuba City (Ariz.) Regional Health Care Corporation will establish a consistent regional trauma transfer pathway and improve data systems to identify delays, support timely decision-making and increase patient care across isolated tribal, rural, frontier and medically underserved areas.
