Improving the capture of fall events in hospitals: Combining a service for evaluating inpatient falls with an incident report system

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 701-704

  Shorr, Ronald I ^a,b,c   Mion, Lorraine C ^d   Chandler, A Michelle ^c   Rosenblatt, Linda C ^c   Lynch, Debra ^c   Kessler, Lori A ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Methodist Healthcare   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls identification; Incident reporting; Patient falls; Reporting system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK MANAGEMENT; TENNESSEE;

EID: 41549102923     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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