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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...
In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...
An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...
The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...
Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...
Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...
The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...
The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...
The Problem Falls are a serious problem for older people, composing the largest single category ...
The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...
