Technology evaluation for a mobile fall-injury risk assessment instrument.
Falls and associated injuries in the inpatient environment continue to be an unsolved patient safety problem. At New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), an automated fall-injury risk assessment (FIRA) instrument was developed and integrated into the desktop-based clinical information system. The following study focuses on the evaluation criteria for hardware, software, and wireless communication options to study the use of a mobile version of the instrument.
Currie
Leanne M
LM
School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Chen
Elizabeth S
ES
D000056:Accident Prevention; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000379:methods*