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Register Courses
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each an expert in the field of trauma registry.
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Trauma Register
Course™-Basic
The Trauma
Register Course – Basic is a two day course developed
by the
American Trauma Society (ATS). The course is targeted for entry level
trauma registrars. It is also a useful tool for any professional interested
in trauma data management.
This course is designed to provide basic background information
in anatomy and
medical terminology, computer technology, and coding and scoring.
Additionally this
course will provide fundamental instruction on chart abstraction,
standard reports, and
process and quality improvement.
Confidentiality and disclosure issues will also be addressed during
this seminar. Practical
experience is provide through hands-on laboratory sessions.
Again this is a very basic seminar targeted at the entry level trauma
registrar.
This course has been approved in the past by the American Health Information
Management
Association (AHIMA) for 10 Continuing education hours. It satisfies
the requirements
of the Clinical Data Management, Technology and Performance Improvement
core education
content area. The American Trauma Society has applied for Nursing Continuing Education Hours for this course.
Course Learning Objective
- Identify the process of reviewing and abstracting
medical records of seriously injured trauma victims.
- Achieve familiarity with anatomical and
medical terms used frequently in trauma.
- Practice chart abstracting by reviewing actual
medical records,
- Identify the basic principles for various scaling
and scoring tools such as ICD-9-CM, Trauma Score,
Revised Trauma Score, Abbreviated Injury Score,
Injury Severity Score, TRISS, etc.
- Understand the assignment of injury severity
values using the above tools, and their importance.
- Familiarize the registrar with the information contained in
and
reported from trauma registers.
- Achieve familiarity with computer hardware and software
principles commonly used in trauma registers.
- Discuss the methodology for Process and Quality
Improvement.
- Understand the significance of confidentiality concerning
patient data, and be able to develop safeguards to maintain
these standards in the safe use of Trauma Register data reports.
(Didactic & Hands-on sessions do not include a computer lab)
Course Content
Lectures
- Anatomy & Terminology
- Computer Technology
- Injury Scoring and Coding
- Chart Abstraction
- Standard Reports
- Quality and Process Improvement
- Confidentiality
Labs
- Anatomy & Terminology
- Scoring & Coding
- Chart Abstraction
Basic Course
June 5-6, 2008
Location:
Holiday Inn of Santa Barbara/Goleta
5650 Calle Real
Goleta, California 93117
Reservations (805) 964-6241
The American Trauma Society has a block of rooms at the hotel
Dates & Time: June 5-6, 2008
June 5: 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
June 6: 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
**The American Trauma Society will charge a $50.00 administrative processing fee on all requested refunds.
Basic & Advanced Courses
June 5-7, 2008
Location:
Holiday Inn of Santa Barbara/Goleta
5650 Calle Real
Goleta, California 93117
Phone: (805) 964-6241
The American Trauma Society has a block of roomas at the hotel.
Dates & Time: June 5-7, 2008
June 5: 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
June 6: 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
June 7: 7:45 a.m. - Noon
**The American Trauma Society will charge a $50.00 administrative processing fee on all requested refunds.
Register Online for this course
Print and mail our Registration Form
Trauma Register
Course™ - Advanced
The Trauma Register Course - Advanced is
a one and one-half day course developed by the American Trauma Society (ATS).
The course is targeted for trauma registrarswith at least one to
two years experience. The TRC - Advanced will help fine tuneseveral
key areas of trauma registry
management.
This course is designed to provide advanced knowledge in
various reporting methodology,
and quality and process improvement. This course will also provide
fundamental information about ICD-9-CM coding, and Abbreviated Injury
Scaling.
Confidentiality and disclosure issues are addressed during this
seminar. Practical experience is provide through hands-on laboratory
sessions.
This course has been approved in the past by the American Health Information
Management Association (AHIMA) for 7 Continuing Education Hours.
It satisfies the requirements of the ClinicalFoundations, Performance
Improvement and Clinical Data Management core education content
area. The American Trauma Society has applied for Nursing Continuing Education Hours for this course.
Trauma Register Course Advanced Course Learning Objective
- Explain ICD-9-CM coding background and its
different uses.
- State the assignment of e-codes and their significance.
- Describe the basis for injury severity scaling and
their respective scores.
- Discuss application of injury scaling and scores within
a trauma care system.
- Verbalize the importance of complete and comprehensive
documentation as it relates to injury severity and
reimbursement.
- Describe the differences between coding for
reimbursement versus injury severity.
- Utilize ICD-9-CM coding of complex multiple trauma
patients with solid organ injuries in practice.
- Define confidentiality in dealing with patient data.
- Identify multidisciplinary members of a trauma quality
and process improvement committee.
- Describe standard and ad hoc reporting methods.
- Identify various methods of data presentation.
- Discuss the future of data reporting as it relates to
managed care and research.
Course Content
Lectures
- Scaling and Scoring
- Registry Reporting
- Quality and Process Improvement
- ICD-9-CM Coding
Labs
Advanced Course: 1 1/2 days
June 6-7, 2008
<Location:
Holiday Inn of Santa Barbara/Goleta
5650 Calle Real
Goleta, California 93117
Phone: (805) 964-6241
Dates & Time: June 6-7, 2008
June 6: 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
June 7: 7:45 a.m. - Noon
You may also register for both courses:
Trauma Register Basic & Advanced
$525.00 ATS Member
$690.00 Non-Member
**The American Trauma Society will charge a $50.00 administrative processing fee on all requested refunds.
Register Online for this course
Print and mail our Registration Form
Our Faculty
Michelle D. Pomphrey, MLT (ASCP), RN,
CSTR
American Trauma Society Trauma Register Course Coordinator
Trauma Registry Coordinator
University of Virginia Health Systems
Charlottesville, Virginia
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