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Bulger EM, Kastl JG, Maier RV. The history of Harborview Medical Center and the Washington State Trauma System. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2017;2(1):e000091doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000091.
Bulger, E. M., Kastl, J. G., & Maier, R. V. (2017). The history of Harborview Medical Center and the Washington State Trauma System. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2(1), e000091. https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2017-000091
Bulger, Eileen M, et al. "The history of Harborview Medical Center and the Washington State Trauma System." Trauma surgery & acute care open vol. 2,1 (2017): e000091. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2017-000091
Bulger EM, Kastl JG, Maier RV. The history of Harborview Medical Center and the Washington State Trauma System. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2017 Jul 03;2(1):e000091. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000091. eCollection 2017. PMID: 29766093; PMCID: PMC5877906.
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Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2017 Jul 03;2(1):e000091. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000091. eCollection 2017.

The history of Harborview Medical Center and the Washington State Trauma System.

Trauma surgery & acute care open

Eileen M Bulger, Janet Griffith Kastl, Ronald V Maier

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  2. Washington State Department of Health, Office of EMS and Trauma, Olympia, Washington, USA.

PMID: 29766093 PMCID: PMC5877906 DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000091

Abstract

Harborview Medical Center serves as the sole adult and pediatric level I trauma center for Washington State, and its faculty have led efforts to develop comprehensive systems of trauma care across the country. The Washington State trauma system is an inclusive system that was developed based on data-driven decisions to distribute resources based on population need. This article seeks to explore the history of Harborview Medical Center and the development of the Washington State trauma system to identify the guiding principles and lessons learned, which can facilitate system development for a host of time-sensitive medical conditions.

Keywords: history; trauma center quality; trauma systems

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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