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Design for innovation: centering the patient voice in the development of trauma clinical guidance

Year: 2025

Type: conference-abstract

Abstract: Traumatic injuries are the leading cause of death among Americans between the ages of 1 and 44 years of age,1 resulting in approximately $396 billion in combined healthcare costs and productivity losses annually.2 Despite the widely acknowledged 17-year gap between research discovery and its implementation into clinical practice, many trauma professionals continue to be left with inadequate access to up-to-date, evidence-based, relevant, and user-friendly clinical guidance for far beyond these 17 years.3–5 Further, about 20% of trauma-related deaths could be prevented, highlighting disparities in access to high-quality emergency and trauma care services.6 Barriers to access are myriad. Clinical guidance for trauma care has been created mainly by academic level I trauma centers and is often designed primarily for use in these same high-level facilities. Consequently, there is underrepresentation of geographic regions, disciplines, and ethnic or cultural backgrounds in both the sources and relevance of the guidance provided.7

Source: Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open

DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2025-002049

Authors: Erica Shelton, Lacey N. LaGrone, Kelly L Lang, Jeffrey L Wells, Stephanie Reynolds, LJ Punch