The NQS Roadmap: Building the Future of Trauma Care Together
See the features coming soon to the NQS trauma software platform and help the NQS team prioritize what would have the biggest impact at your trauma center.
Modern trauma programs deserve a modern trauma platform that keeps getting better as it's shaped by the people who use it every day.
In this post we:
- Walk through key platform features of the NQS roadmap across registry workflows, PI tools, reporting, revenue analysis, the new burn registry and more
- Show how you can review upcoming features, upvote ideas and ask questions for our team directly in roadmap.
Upcoming features:
Picklist & Dropdown Updates
Standardize picklists across all system client sites for consistent data entry. And new service categories for finer data precision.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
Latest ICD-10 Updates
Latest Fall 2025 ICD-10 covering through April 2026. (We'll have another update in April, covering through October 2026.)
Status: coming soon. roadmap
Comments:
Robert (CTO, NQS): ICD-10 Fall 2025 updates are really the ICD 2026 CY set (Oct 2025-Mar 2026); April brings the next ICD 2026 drop for Apr-Oct 2026.
ISS Region Updates
Improvements to ISS region code handling and score calculations after updates.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
System Stability & Performance
Decreased registry save & load times plus improved sign-in and import-screen experience for smoother access that keep teams moving.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
Comments:
Robert, CTO, NQS: The team is seeing nice performance improvements here.
Comments:
Michael, VP Ops, NQS: This should really speed things up for registrars!
Data Accuracy & Synchronization Updates
Improves entry vs. display primary-review close date alignment, improved "Open Records" counts after edits, tightens registry-to-report sync, and hardens TQIP/ITDX exports for edge cases.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
Comments:
Robert, CTO, NQS: Proud of what our team is achieving here.
Reporting & Customization
Faster dashboards, near-real-time data refresh, more fields, plus Cause of Injury and pediatric (<1 month) filters.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
Comments:
Mark, CEO & Founder, NQS: I think teams are really going to like these updates.
Validation: LOS Consistency
Better consistency between ICU and hospital length-of-stay validations.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
Rich Memo Controls
Update memo control now supports rich-text entry with bullets, bold, and italics.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
Comments:
Alex: Much more flexibility for capturing notes.
Validation: Drug Screen Guardrails
Enhanced validation for drug screen values, including fentanyl.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
AIS-2025 Refresh
Refreshed AIS-2025 descriptions from AAAM.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
Injury Entry Capacity
Expanded injury entry capacity beyond five injuries per chart.
Status: coming soon. roadmap
New Products & Features Now Live
Burn Registry
Capture trauma registry and ABA burn registry data, integrated into your NQS trauma registry platform. Burn cases benefit from the same functionality as trauma cases: familiar data capture, PI tools and reporting.
Status: Live Now! roadmap
Registry Workflow Improvements
Show open records as default. Improved loading and navigation behavior on the worklist including "Sticky" filters. Search results now remain visible until the user resets the search.
Status: Live Now! roadmap
PI (Process Improvement) Enhancements
Search results now remain visible until the user resets the search. User preferences on worklist and review pages now save automatically. Improved handling of PI case and opportunity closure notifications. More accurate filtering of PI worklist items.
Status: Live Now! roadmap
Over 70 new custom registry fields added
More ready-to-use registry fields available for customizing your registry data capture.
Status: Live Now! roadmap
NQS Teams Are Working Hard
The future of NQS is being built alongside the trauma professionals who rely on it every day.
roadmap, upvote what matters most, ask questions, and help the hard-working NQS product and engineering teams focus on the changes that will make the biggest difference at your trauma center.