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1. Falls | PSNet
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   October 27, 2021 - Background Falls are a common and devastating complication of hospital and long-term care , particularly … More than one-third of in-hospital falls result in injury, including serious injuries such as fractures … Falls that do not result in injury can be serious as well. … family members, and health care staff, and may mark the beginning of a negative cycle where fear of falling … April 8, 2020 The tension between promoting mobility and preventing falls in the hospital

2. Elderly Falls. | PSNet
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   March 30, 2016 - falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. … alternate level of care patients awaiting long-term care in hospital. … September 13, 2017 Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients … falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. … September 20, 2011 Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences.

3. Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital falls collaborative. | PSNet
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   January 25, 2023 - Commentary Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital … Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital falls collaborative … Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital falls collaborative … January 25, 2023 Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE from FALLS. … January 9, 2019 Incidence and method of suicide in hospitals in the United States.

4. Falling Through the Crack (in the Bedrails) | PSNet
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   February 19, 2020 - in the hospital.( 9 ) Preventable falls include accidental falls (14%) and anticipated physiological … falls (78%).( 9 ) Accidental falls include slips and trips caused by environmental factors such as food … Accidental falls can be prevented using universal fall precautions, which are actions taken by hospital … Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … Patients' perspectives of falling while in an acute care hospital and suggestions for prevention.

5. The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls | PSNet
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   December 18, 2024 - with a 25% reduction in falls in hospital settings. … Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review. … Patient‐level and organizational‐level factors influencing in‐hospital falls. … We conducted a clinical trial in four hospitals in Boston and saw the first significant decrease in falls … Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review.

6. Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. | PSNet
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   December 24, 2008 - Toolkit Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … Citation Text: Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Preventing Falls … in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … May 1, 2016 Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals.

7. Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. | PSNet
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   September 01, 2021 - falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. … This piece describes a Canadian safety initiative  that aims prevent falls in the long-term care setting … hospital. … patients awaiting long-term care in hospital. … November 27, 2012 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

8. A Tale of Two Falls | PSNet
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   March 27, 2024 - consecutive falls and is associated with longer hospital stays, increased frequency of in-hospital death … Relying on myself: the lived experience of being at risk for falling in the hospital among older adults … Falls at the geriatric hospital ward in the context of risk factors of falling detected in a comprehensive … Prevention of falls in hospital. … Interventions to reduce falls in hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

9. Hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments. | PSNet
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   September 15, 2021 - Hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments. … In this analysis of falls within one hospital, rates and trends varied across six clinical departments … Hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments. … January 27, 2021 In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units … in four hospitals in the United States.

10. Utilization of the Seniors Falls Investigation Methodology to identify system-wide causes of falls in community-dwelling seniors. | PSNet
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    November 21, 2014 - causes of falls in community-dwelling seniors. … Utilization of the Seniors Falls Investigation Methodology to identify system-wide causes of falls in … a community teaching hospital. … May 23, 2018 The impact of anti-infective drug shortages on hospitals in the United States … awaiting long-term care in hospital.

11. Special Issue on Falls. | PSNet
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    May 05, 2021 - Articles in this special issue explore falls in rehabilitation settings , including nurses' role in … managing fall risks and strategies to prevent falls . … hospitals and artificial intelligence capabilities for prevention. … effect of transitions intervention to ensure patient safety and satisfaction when transferred from hospital … August 14, 2013 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

12. Implementing a Fall Prevention Program | PSNet
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    November 29, 2023 - Patients of all ages fall, but more than 80% of falls in hospitals occur in patients older than 65 years … in acute and subacute hospitals. … Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in hospitals. Clin Geriatr Med. 2010;26:645-692. … The consequences of falls in acute and subacute hospitals in Australia that cause proximal femoral fractures … Interventions for preventing falls in older people in nursing care facilities and hospitals.

13. Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans | PSNet
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    July 23, 2024 - Context of the Innovation Patient falls during hospital stays are a common adverse event. … Still, patients in hospitals fall up to 1 million times per year. 7 An estimated 30% of these falls … After implementing the program, the hospitals saw an overall adjusted 15% reduction in falls compared … Secure buy-in from hospital leadership. Accessed April 6, 2023. … Falls in hospital increase length of stay regardless of degree of harm. 

14. ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in bed. | PSNet
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    October 26, 2011 - Newspaper/Magazine Article ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by … Citation Text: ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in bed. … ’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in bed. … March 29, 2023 Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall … March 24, 2021 Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary

15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2016 - of patient falls and associated injuries in the hospital setting. … in the hospital.(9) Preventable falls include accidental falls (14%) and anticipated physiological … Accidental falls can be prevented using universal fall precautions, which are actions taken by hospital … Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … Patients' perspectives of falling while in an acute care hospital and suggestions for prevention.

16. In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls | PSNet
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    December 18, 2024 - Is that true for falls both in and out of the hospital? Patricia Dykes : Yes. … We conducted a clinical trial in four hospitals in Boston and saw the first significant decrease in falls … Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review. … with a 25% reduction in falls in hospital settings. … Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review.

17. Falls Prevention Awareness Week 2024 | PSNet
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    September 07, 2019 - source of patient harm in hospitals, and are considered a never event when they result in serious injury … in hospitals are common and debilitating adverse events that persist despite decades of effort to minimize … in hospitals are common and debilitating adverse events that persist despite decades of effort to minimize … A team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, sought to develop a standardized fall … Linkedin Copy URL Falls are a common source of patient harm in hospitals

18. 6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster randomised controlled trial. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2014 - The bundle included assessing patients' risk for falling along with several widely used tactics to prevent … October 4, 2011 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … July 5, 2023 Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals. … July 5, 2013 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review. … April 15, 2009 Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls

19. Assessment of a wearable fall prevention system at a Veterans Health Administration hospital. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Preventing patient falls in hospital settings is a patient safety priority . … more than 50% among patients determined to be at high-risk of falling. … August 9, 2023 Why hospitals still make serious medical errors—and how they are trying … April 17, 2013 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse Care … Patient Falls Technologic Approaches

20. Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. | PSNet
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    February 01, 2023 - Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. … Patient falls are among the preventable complications of hospital care for which hospitals no longer … reduction in falls by using a customized fall prevention strategy. … Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. … November 23, 2016 Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients: