title: Fall initiatives: redesigning best practice.
abstract: One of the largest categories of reported adverse events in hospitals are patient falls, which are estimated to cost more than $20 billion a year. With the goal of preventing falls and reducing the seriousness of injuries from falls, a quality improvement project was initiated. The authors discuss the project that resulted in a best practice toolkit related to decreasing fall-related injuries.
authors.affiliation: Patient Care Services, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Horizon Campus, Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA. kolinmm@upmc.edu
authors.forename: M Melissa
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kolin
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minnier
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hale
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Lucy E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D010343:Patient Admission; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D056164:Teaching Rounds; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*