Members
Present: Lynn
Andersen, Theresa Dorsey, Nancy Frizell,
Karan Hutchins
, Jean Marso, Sherrie Nugent, Terry Olson,
Peggy Ray
, Phyllis Uribe, Ray Coniglio, Mary Shelton,
Shirley Terry
, Lynanne Granado, Dee Crump, Martin Duffy, Toni Moses, Kim Muramoto,
April Settell
, Jody Wallace, Karin Whinery, Leslie Williams, Lynette Byerly, Connie
Concur, Karen Lindhorst, Nicola Hopkins, John Gentzel, Trish Evans, Vikki
Pope, Steve Boylls, Holly Hedegaard, Tracy Holmberg, Jason Cleckler
Phone
Attendance:
Tracy Green, Melissa Skinner
Meeting
Minutes:
A quorum was established and meeting
minutes from January 2008 meetings were approved as written.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Treasurer's Report was provided to the
group.
Old
Business:
Web
based update on resource manual:
Update
on web-based resource manual-Mary
Shelton
The software used to create the current site is so old that an updated
version which may allow us to do what we want is not available.
To make the site what we want will require rebuilding the entire site
from scratch. Mary feels she no
longer has the time to spend on a project that requires rebuilding and
recommends the group look for a web designer who can give us what we need.
CTN has and will keep a web presence as we have an IP address, an
account with a hosting company and a domain name.
These things will not change in terms of ownership or expense.
It will be helpful to see who is doing websites for RETACs and other
non-profit organizations as these are less expensive than more commercial
(shopping cart) type web sites. It
is recommended that members review the January meeting minutes (on the
website) for a summary of what we think we want on the web site so we can
move forward. Meanwhile if you
come across a website you like let Phyllis or Mary know so we can see if we
can contact that person or agency for a quote.
December
Meeting:
The
group confirmed that December 5, 2008 is the date selected for the meeting,
location to be determined.
New
Business
Data Discussion:
There was a lengthy discussion with Dr. Hedegaard
regarding the change in ISS that has resulted from
the change from AIS 98 to
AIS 05 in terms of a general decrease in overall ISS.
This will skew the volume criteria for Level I Trauma Centers as the
volume over the required ISS will decrease.
There was a discussion involving discrepancies in definitions between
requirements of CO data and the NTDB. Some
of those identified are:
Co-morbid factors of obesity, respiratory disease, kidney disease, liver
disease and preexisting spinal cord injury.
Another area which lends itself to
coding inconsistency between the AAAM and the State of
Colorado
is in the area of head injury with loss of consciousness.
The result of this discussion made evident the need for a training day with
Dr. Hedegaard. Phyllis and Dr.
Hedegaard will look at schedules and try to get some time set up for
training.
Skip Tinnell
was briefly present and addressed tracking patients from one facility to
another by way of using a Trauma Base tracking number.
This has been tried in the Central Mountain RETAC and without a
matched identifier they could only link 70% of their transfers.
There is a field for this in the CO update for Trauma Base which
should make it easier. It was
pointed out that when a patient is transferred from a Level IV to a higher
level of care this is not possible as they do not download their data to the
state.
Fall Prevention Campaign Presentation
An excellent presentation was made to
the group prior to the meeting by the Tri County Health Department on their
pilot program, Fall Prevention Campaign, which targets fall prevention in
the elderly population. For more
information on this new injury prevention program please go to www.FallPreventionNetwork.com
or contact Kim Horn at 303-846-6252, khorn@tchd.org
or Gary Sky at 303-846-6245, gsky@tchd.org
Meeting adjourned at 1400
Future
meeting dates and locations are listed on the Home
page.
