title: Protecting Patient Safety: Can Video Monitoring Prevent Falls in High-Risk Patient Populations?
abstract: Despite implementation of many prevention strategies, patient falls in hospitals continue to be a significant safety problem, causing nursing staff and administrators to seek innovative means to further reduce falls among hospitalized patients. This article describes the feasibility and impact of implementing centralized video monitoring on the safety of patients identified as high risk for falls, as well as implications of video monitoring in the acute care setting.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University School of Nursing, Morgantown (Dr Sand-Jecklin); and Neurosciences Unit (Ms Johnson) and Trauma/General Surgery Unit (Ms Tylka), West Virginia University Healthcare, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sand-Jecklin
authors.forename: Jennifer Ray
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tylka
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D061214:Patient Safety; D012307:Risk Factors; D014741:Video Recording