Patient safety is a great concern of healthcare institutions and the correct reporting and management of adverse events is a key element for supporting safety improvement efforts. Patient falls are the most frequent adverse event in hospitals and often cause serious patient outcomes. In this work, we describe the experience of the Local Healthcare Authority of Romagna, Italy that, within the framework of a quality and safety improvement programme, designed, developed and implemented a desktop application for monitoring inpatient falls. A multidisciplinary team created a software tool based on R, an open source software for statistical computing that, appropriately combinedwith the existing hospital information system, is used to obtain...
Falls are common events occurring across the country in health care facilities. As a result, patient...
In this 2 part series, analysis of the risk stratification tools that are available, definition for ...
Falls are a leading cause of injury in hospitalized patients and are often preventable. A vast amoun...
Patient safety is a great concern of healthcare institutions and the correct reporting and managemen...
The University Hospital has addressed the issue of prevention of falls in hospital with some goals: ...
The authors present the results of a retrospective study on falls performed at "Policlinico" Hospita...
Falls are common adverse events in hospitals, frequently leading to additional health costs due to p...
Purpose of the study 1. Analyze the most important risk factors for accidentals falls in hospitalize...
Of primary concern to health care facilities today is the reduction of preventable injuries such as ...
One of the most preventable reported safety incidents in hospitals is falls, resulting in adverse ou...
Abstract. A hospital fall can be a tragic event for both the patient and hospital staff. This design...
Problem: Falls as a leading cause of inpatient hospital injury show that intervention is needed to i...
Problem: Maintaining patient safety is of utmost importance in healthcare. Healthcare organizations ...
Objective: To evaluate the consistency of nurses' documentation in the falls prevention assessment t...
Abstract Background Although several risk assessment tools are in use, uncertainties on their accura...
Falls are common events occurring across the country in health care facilities. As a result, patient...
In this 2 part series, analysis of the risk stratification tools that are available, definition for ...
Falls are a leading cause of injury in hospitalized patients and are often preventable. A vast amoun...
Patient safety is a great concern of healthcare institutions and the correct reporting and managemen...
The University Hospital has addressed the issue of prevention of falls in hospital with some goals: ...
The authors present the results of a retrospective study on falls performed at "Policlinico" Hospita...
Falls are common adverse events in hospitals, frequently leading to additional health costs due to p...
Purpose of the study 1. Analyze the most important risk factors for accidentals falls in hospitalize...
Of primary concern to health care facilities today is the reduction of preventable injuries such as ...
One of the most preventable reported safety incidents in hospitals is falls, resulting in adverse ou...
Abstract. A hospital fall can be a tragic event for both the patient and hospital staff. This design...
Problem: Falls as a leading cause of inpatient hospital injury show that intervention is needed to i...
Problem: Maintaining patient safety is of utmost importance in healthcare. Healthcare organizations ...
Objective: To evaluate the consistency of nurses' documentation in the falls prevention assessment t...
Abstract Background Although several risk assessment tools are in use, uncertainties on their accura...
Falls are common events occurring across the country in health care facilities. As a result, patient...
In this 2 part series, analysis of the risk stratification tools that are available, definition for ...
Falls are a leading cause of injury in hospitalized patients and are often preventable. A vast amoun...