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Trauma in Flux?
Dr. Robert Probe, president of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) tells OTW, “It seems that the market is shifting such that whereas most of the volume in trauma traditionally went to level one inner city hospitals, more and more community hospitals are trying to step into that business. The concern is that we don’t have an integrated, thoughtful system to support this trend. Only a few places in the country—like Shock Trauma in Maryland—have a state level plan for the diversion of major trauma. Then...