Usability testing of a Falls Prevention Tool Kit for an inpatient acute care setting.
Efforts to prevent falls in the hospital setting involves identifying patients at risk of falling and implementing fall prevention strategies. This poster describes the method and results of Performance Usability Testing on a web-based Fall Prevention Tool Kit (FPTK) developed as part of a research study, (Falls TIPS-Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety) funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Goldsmith
Denise
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Brigham and Women's Hospital, Center for Nursing Excellence, Boston, MA, USA. dgoldsmith@partners.org
Zuyev
Lyubov
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Benoit
Angie
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Chang
Frank Y
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Horsky
Jan
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Dykes
Patricia
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D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*