PATHway to success: Implementation of a multiprofessional acute trauma health care team decreased length of stay and cost in patients with neurological injury requiring tracheostomy

CONCLUSION In the year following the initiation of the mPATH team, we observed earlier time to occupational, physical, and speech therapist evaluation, decreased length of stay, and cost savings in severe traumatic brain and spinal cord injury patients requiring tracheostomy compared with our historical control. These benefits were observed without adversely impacting 30-day readmission or mortality. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic/care management, Level III.
Source: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research