Rural Trauma
Official site of the EAST Rural Trauma Committee
Mission:
To identify and implement solutions to improve access to and quality of care for rural injured
Research Group:
- Develop standard operating definitions
- Devise methods to implement population based research
- Investigate the effects of economic development
- Specific attention to racial/ethnic diversification and net migration patterns
- Collaborate with other national organizations
Digital Transformation Group:
- Investigate the utility of medical informatics and telemedicine
Political Activism:
- Raise public awareness
- Infiltrate big business, payers, private institutions, government
- Drive public policy and funding
- Economic development