The A1 medical/surgical unit at Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati reduced its fall rate from 10 falls per 1,000 patient days to two falls per 1,000 patient days over three years through ...

Patient falls are reported as a rate of falls per 1000 patient days. A lower rate is better. Steps our doctors, nurses, and healthcare personnel in the Women and Infants Center take to prevent patient ...

Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center has cut its patient fall rate in half since launching a safety program last October, Kearney Hub reported June 10. When the No Falls program was implemented ...

From 2011 through June, PVH reported 166 patient falls, a rate of 1.9 per 1,000 inpatient days. That’s the best rate in the state, according to the Colorado Hospital Association’s annual ...

"During our study, we observed zero falls, which was a lower fall rate among the patients wearing these socks than the historical fall rate of 4 falls per 1,000 patient-days." ...

The average fall rate at the hospital, ahead of the study, was four falls per 1,000 patient days. The wireless socks have built-in pressure sensors that detect when a patient is trying to stand up ...

Multivariate analyses of harms identified by internal reviewers showed no significant changes in the overall rate of harms per 1000 patient-days (reduction ... (7), and falls (5), among other ...

Epic is developing a clinical decision tool called "STEADI" (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries), expected to be ready by the end of this year. The tool is based on CDC guidelines for ...

The highest frequency of falls — an average monthly rate of 12.1 per 1,000 patient days — has occurred in the Spratt unit. Staff told the governing board that falls are being tracked and ...