title: Fatal falls: lessons for the future.
abstract: Health care organizations that have experienced sentinel events due to falls have identified the root causes and risk reduction strategies included in this issue. In addition, experts have commented on the events and the related root causes and risk reduction strategies. The Joint Commission offers this information for consideration by hospitals, long term care facilities and behavioral health care organizations in their continuing efforts to reduce the risk of falls of their patients, residents or individuals served.
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management / Q000639:trends; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014481:United States