Hospitalization further increases risk, yet no evidence exists to support short-stay hospital-based fall prevention strategies to reduce patient falls. Objective To investigate whether a fall prevention tool kit (FPTK) using health information technology (HIT) decreases patient falls in hospitals....
The successful results from this project support the evidence that shows this program and the use of the Fall TIPS poster helps reduce patient falls within the hospital and yields a favorable ROI.Adam S. CooperAuthor’s Affiliation: UCSF Health, Director, Nursing Continuous Improvement, San ...
A secondary analysis quantified the costs and savings associated with the evidence-based fall prevention program. Our base model estimated the total cost savings of intervention effects (ie, reduction in overall direct and total costs of hospital stay). The model was framed from the perspective of...
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Poster 96 Bilateral proximal sciatic neuropathy caused by a fall: Aubrey Ku, MD (The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY); Willibald Nagler, MDPoster 96 Bilateral proximal sciatic neuropathy caused by a fall: Aubrey Ku, MD (The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New...
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Poster 152: Improving Fall Rates Below the National Average in an Acute Rehabilitation Hospital Using Modified Screening Tools: A Retrospective Analysisdoi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.08.095Raman SharmaMarie SpencerBarry JordanKaren M. PechmanAnne F. Ambrose...
Towne SD, Fair K, Dowdy D, Smith ML, Ahn S, and Ory MG. "Multi-Level Comparisons of Hospital Discharge Among Older Adults with a Fall-Related Hospitalization." Poster Presentation at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. November 2015....
Recruitment Participants were recruited from the Falls Prevention Clinic (http://www.fallsclinic.ca), a university hospital clinic. Recruitment and enrollment occurred over 8 years, from April 22, 2009, to May 12, 2017, because of limited funding and low rates of referral to the clinic until ...