Reducing falls requires a multi-faceted approach. Key components to our success included using an interdisciplinary team, consistent application of prevention strategies, thoughtful attention to individual risk factors and engaging patients and families in this important safety initiative. See...
An increased emphasis on fall prevention brought about by the knowledge that costs of fall-related injury would not be reimbursed36 may have contributed to an overall downward trend in fall rates noted in this study. However, because this same safety emphasis and reimbursement issue was con...
Osteopathic Family Physician (OFP), the official journal of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, is a peer-reviewed publication of evidence-based clinical reviews with osteopathic components.
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