title: Pediatric falls benchmarking collaborative.
abstract: Three children's hospitals created a partnership to benchmark falls. Since 2006, 2 new categories of falls have been created, and interventions to reduce falls have been implemented. Useful collaborative processes, lessons learned, and results of quarterly and annual analysis of data are shared.
authors.affiliation: Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. fkkingst@texaschildrens.org
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kingston
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Speer
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*