Fall initiatives: redesigning best practice.
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.
Kolin
M Melissa
MM
Patient Care Services, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Horizon Campus, Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA. kolinmm@upmc.edu
Minnier
Tamara
T
Hale
Kathleen M
KM
Martin
Susan C
SC
Thompson
Lucy E
LE
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*