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Software developed by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas to monitor the accuracy of data collected in the hospital’s trauma registry has received an innovation award: the 2024 Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation.

The automatic trauma data error detection software, developed by Jacob Roden-Foreman, trauma research coordinator at Texas Health Dallas, is highly customizable and automatically detects potential logical errors within the data sets.

“Registries are only as good as the data they process,” Roden-Foreman said in a statement. He said the tool verifies the accuracy of the data collected.

The Peregrine Award rewards new ideas that result in better care for injured patients.

More than 50 trauma centers in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia submitted nominations for this year’s award, according to an announcement from Peregrine Health Services and Trauma System News.

Texas Health Dallas said it won in the Level I and II Trauma Center category.

Texas Health Dallas has been a designated Level I Trauma Center since 2022. Level I Trauma Centers strive to innovate and advance trauma care through research and quality improvement.

The importance of error-free trauma registrations

Roden-Foreman said that at Texas Health Dallas, on average, about 250 data elements are entered into a registry for each trauma patient. He said about 2,500 patients are treated at the trauma center each year.

“The trauma registry is really the backbone of the trauma center because it allows us to make data-driven decisions,” Roden-Foreman said. “As a result, errors in a registry record can impact multiple different projects, which can range from quality improvement projects to injury prevention initiatives.”

Trauma center registration data also impacts regional and national trauma systems through benchmarking institutional performance measures, public policy development and funding allocation, Roden-Foreman said.

The software has been in use at Texas Health Dallas since February 2022 and has undergone several updates, Roden-Foreman added, noting that there are plans to share the tool with Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth.

Roden-Foreman will present its software at an upcoming online awards event.

“It’s always nice to be recognized for your work,” says Roden-Foreman. “Especially in research, where it often takes more than fifteen years for findings to change practice – if practice changes at all. It is very satisfying to know that others highly appreciate the work I have done.”

Texas Health Resources is a nonprofit, faith-based health system that cares for more patients in North Texas than any other provider. Its service area consists of 16 counties and more than 8 million people, and the system is committed to delivering high-quality, coordinated care through the Texas Health Physicians Group and 29 hospital locations under the banners of Texas Health Presbyterian, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Texas Health
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