Research Letter

Population Access to US Trauma Centers and Teletrauma-Using Emergency Departments

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.56958

February 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This cross-sectional study determines the additional population access to trauma care expertise provided by telehealth for trauma in emergency departments and provides updated national estimates of trauma center access.

Corresponding Author: Zain G. Hashmi, MD, Center for Injury Science, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 510 20th St S, Room 710A, Birmingham, AL 35233 (mhashmi@uabmc.edu).

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