Initiatives/Campaigns

Preventing Falls with Injury Project

Approximately 11,000 fatal patient falls occur in U.S. hospitals annually, but hospitals using new measurement systems and solutions from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Preventing Falls with Injury project were able to reduce the number of patients injured in a fall by 62 percent and the number of patients falling by 35 percent.

Between 30 to 35 percent of patients that fall sustain an injury. On average, these injuries result in an additional 6.3 days in the hospital. If the Center’s approach is translated to a typical 200-bed hospital, the number of patients injured in a fall could be reduced from 117 to 45, and save approximately $1 million annually through fall prevention efforts. Similarly, a 400-bed hospital could reduce the number of patient falls with injury by 133 and expect to save $1.9 million annually.

The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has the indepth details on the participating sites and further resources, including infographics.

 

 

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